The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is one of 24 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The mission of NIEHS is to conduct research...

Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the world. It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. A small part of the Park stretches into Wake County, but the majority of the...

Lenovo Inc. recalled about 100,000 laptop computer batteries Thursday, warning that they could overheat and cause a fire.The battery recall was the second for the company in the past six months and comes as Lenovo, the world's No. 3 computer maker, tries to gain ground...

Most teens say they couldn't live without their cell phones. For some of them, the exaggeration may soon have a kernel of truth.Doctors are testing technology that uses wireless data, text messaging and other youth-friendly technology to monitor and manage chronic illnesses. While these systems...

Lawsuits filed by hundreds of rice farmers in three states over genetically contaminated rice have been consolidated, creating a single legal action that is one of the largest of its kind.The farmers claim their profits were hurt after an experimental form of genetically altered rice...

Employees of one of the National Institutes of Health are being asked to report all contacts with Congress _ a request that one lawmaker suspects is an attempt to flush out would-be whistle-blowers.Managers distributed "record of congressional inquiry" forms to employees of the National Institute...