Twitter is not at all what I expected. After a few months, I now use Twitter to improve my knowledge in health care quality, expand my professional network, and save time.

Pay-for-performance targets set for general practitioners in the United Kingdom are failing to improve the health of patients with high blood pressure, according to a joint study funded by U.K., U.S., and Canadian research organizations.

It seems every day we view “breaking news” reports on television or read about a particular event in the paper that catches our attention.

In a finding that has met with surprise and some controversy in the scientific community, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have discovered a basic property that governs the way water and many other liquids behave as thei

My teenage education was (maybe) enhanced by substantial doses of Monty Python. Occasionally, I discover a lean metaphor somewhere within their body of work. One of my absolute favorite scenes is from the movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

The worst U.S. environmental disaster in history and a leading automaker beset by recalls: Was 2010 a year that we’d all like to forget?

The technology from which the laser tracker is drawn has a diversified beginning, from the laser instrumentation to the methods of capturing the beam.

I was a 30-year-old quality project manager on a continuous metal processing line. We coated metal for a broad range of consumer and industrial products.

I am a chemical engineer by education and training. Therefore, some might expect me to work with numbers, but I don’t.

Every year the government struggles to prepare a new military budget in the face of serious challenges with mandated reductions in our national defense.