The gas emitted from household stoves and ovens is not only dangerous to public health but also has a much more significant impact on the climate crisis than previously thought, new research shows.
The study, from scientists at Stanford University, (...)
Olympic champion Caster Semenya said on Sunday she would not defend her world title in Doha next September if she could not run in the 800 meters because of new testosterone regulations imposed by the sport's governing body.
"If I am not running 800 (...)
Second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova beat Urszula Radwanska 7-6 (3), 6-3 Thursday to advance to the Bank of the West Classic quarterfinals.
Cibulkova, the 2013 champion, was ahead 5-2 in the first set before Radwanska rallied to tie it. Cibulkova, (...)
Androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, is one of the primary methods of treating prostate cancer because of the role testosterone plays in tumor growth. New research shows the treatment also doubles the risk for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, (...)
A clinical trial of a vaccine designed to combat type 1 diabetes delivered initially promising results, UPI quoted U.S. researchers as saying.
Dr. Lawrence Steinman, a professor of pediatrics and neurological sciences at the Stanford University (...)
Serena Williams, who needed nearly a year to recover from surgery, is putting her best foot forward again and playing like a champion.
Williams moved into the final of the Bank of the West Classic with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 victory over Germany's (...)
Serena Williams signalled her readiness for the upcoming US Open with an authoritative 6-1, 6-3 over No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova at the Bank of the West Classic Friday.
Williams' semifinal opponent will be German Sabine Lisicki, who beat (...)
Serena Williams set up a quarterfinal meeting with Maria Sharapova while top-seeded defending champion Victoria Azarenka suffered a shock loss at the Bank of the West Classic Thursday.
Williams beat Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to set up (...)
Serena Williams, playing her first WTA Tour match on US soil since the 2009 US Open, made her return a victorious one with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Australian Anastasia Rodionova.
The hardcourt tournament in Stanford is her third event since she won (...)
seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic Monday.
Poland's Radwanska is seeking her first WTA title in three years, but is enjoying a solid season. She reached (...)
Eighth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus overwhelmed Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-1 in Sunday's WTA tournament final here to win her first title of the season.
A day after her 21st birthday, Azarenka broke the Russian three times in (...)
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic by defeating top seed Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-3 Saturday.
Azarenka, seeded eighth and ranked 18th in the world, will play the winner of a late semifinal (...)
Top seeds Samantha Stosur and Elena Dementieva made solid starts to their Stanford Classic campaigns with contrasting second-round victories Wednesday.
No. 1 seeded Stosur overcame American qualifier Christina McHale 6-1, 7-5 while Russian second (...)
Maria Sharapova made a triumphant return to hardcourts, beating China's Jie Zheng 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic Tuesday.
Sharapova will now meet Olga Govortsova of Belarus.
Defending champion Marion Bartoli was (...)
defined, biodegradable molecules made from renewable resources in an environmentally responsible way,” IBM said in a release.
The “green chemistry” breakthrough using “organic catalysts” results in plastics that could be repeatedly recycled, (...)
France's Marion Bartoli upset Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the championship match of the WTA Bank of the West Classic on Sunday.
Venus, making her first appearance at the event since 2005, reached her seventh final in eight appearances at (...)
Venus Williams reached her 65th career singles final Saturday with a 6-0, 6-1 rout of fourth seeded Russian Elena Dementieva at the WTA Bank of the West Classic.
Venus, seeded third and the champion here in 2000 and 2002, will face either (...)
Top seed Serena Williams surged into the quarterfinals of the $700,000 WTA Bank of the West Classic on Thursday with a 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) triumph over Hungary's Melinda Czink.
Serena advanced to a meeting with Aussie Samantha Stosur.
On Wednesday, (...)
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams battled past China's Li Na 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Stanford Classic, where she will be joined by sister Venus, 6-2, 6-3 victor over Canada's Stephanie Dubois.
Top seed Serena jumped (...)
Maria Sharapova shook off the rust to beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the first round of the Stanford Classic on Monday.
Fellow Russian Elena Dementieva joined her in the second round after beating Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4.
On (...)
Oscar Rojas scored the winning goal in a shootout as Mexico's Club America defeated Serie A powerhouse Inter Milan 5-4 on penalties to take the first match of the inaugural World Football Championship on Sunday.
After a scoreless first half, Club (...)
Serena Williams, still trying to put the sting of her Wimbledon final defeat behind her, reached the semifinals of the 600,000-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament here Friday.
The top-seeded American, playing in Stanford for the first time, punched her (...)
trained engineer and a former mines and energy minister, as the powerful new chairman of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency in Aceh.
Zoellick said the primary objective of the road is to make a significant contribution to improving (...)