A Georgia State University professor has developed an innovative new way to keep produce and flowers fresh for longer periods of time. Microbiologist George Pierce’s method uses a naturally occurring microorganism — no larger than the width of a read more

Tobacco worth millions of dollars has been seized from a factory in Sydney’s west, police say. Detectives and customs officers found hundreds of boxes of shredded tobacco inside two shipping containers after raiding a factory in Cunningham Street read more

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. , Southeast Asia’s largest container carrier, said “significant losses” will likely continue through at least the first half of 2010 as slumping world trade and a supply glut drive freight rates read more

PLANTATION, Fla. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – In 2001, artist Gary Simpson envisioned a way to transcend national boundaries through natural artistic expression, collecting soil samples from each of the United Nations member states as the basis of his artwork read more