Kazakhstan will squeeze oil from sand and clay
Kazakhstan scientists have invented a new technology of oil extraction from sand and clay.
Phone app allows US users to film police activity
A US civil rights advocacy group has launched a free mobile phone application that allows users to record police activity discreetly, saying it will help boost police force accountability.
Japan's pursuit of cute spawns $30 billion industry
Police forces use them; shops can't do without them; power companies have them -- and sack them when they become unpopular.
Electricity flows from restarted Japan reactor
Electricity generated from nuclear fission began flowing in Japan on Thursday, ending a nearly two-month hiatus in the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdowns.
iGoogle gets axed in shakeup
Google said Tuesday it was discontinuing its iGoogle page designed as Web "portal," saying it had become less relevant in the age of the mobile Internet.
Kyrgyz railroads buy Kazakhstan-made locomotives
KTZ and Kyrgyz Temir Zholu signed an agreement on supply of Kazakhstan-made TE33A Evolution locomotives manufactured in Astana.
Production of sodium hexametaphosphate and phosphates launched in Zhambyl oblast
Nazarbayev launched production of sodium hexametaphosphate and phosphates in Zhambyl oblast.
The Shard: divisive new star of the London skyline
Twelve years after it was first sketched out, London's Shard tower will be inaugurated on Thursday to great fanfare -- but Europe's tallest skyscraper has won as many critics as it has admirers.
Crunch time looms in quest for 'God particle'
A nearly 50-year bid to explain a riddle of fundamental matter faces a key moment on Wednesday when physicists unveil fresh data in their search for a particle called the Higgs boson.