Nigerian scientist, Prof. Gabriel Oyibo, has been named the recipient of the maiden edition of the Africa International Prize for Science and Technology.

Two Americans -- Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello -- shared the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their work in controlling the flow of genetic information.

A mobile phone with a breath analyzeris getting popular among transport firms in Japan as it can help the companies conduct tele-checks on the drivers' breath to prevent drunk driving.

About 450 overseas schools from 30 countries and regions are to attend the China Education Expo 2006 scheduled for Oct. 14 in Beijing.

Romanian universities are nowhere near winning a place among the top 500 institutions of higher learning in the world, a fact that will raise the alarm over the country's higher education, Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Monday.