RAF Kinloss is the focus of a new probe into radioactive contamination, linked to the use of “glow in the dark” paint on WWII aircraft.

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Contamination at Kinloss probed

France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.

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France raises Syria use of force

The pharmaceutical company Novartis is challenging the use of a cheaper alternative to its drug Lucentis for a common cause of loss of vision.

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NHS faces challenge over eye drug

California is proposing changes in its efforts against gang violence that could decrease the use of long-term segregation.

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Battles to Change Prison Policy of Solitary Confinement

Tory Eurosceptics accuse David Cameron of a retreat by after he agreed to the use of the European Court to enforce a new eurozone fiscal pact.

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PM facing backlash over euro pact

The “frozen tundra” of Lambeau Field, where the Giants face the Packers on Sunday, is anything but that, given a system to warm the field and the use of artificial lights to keep the grass healthy.

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Tenderizing the Packers’ Tundra With Some Light and Heat

Engineers have tested the use of an alternative to silicon that promises thinner, flexible computer chips that need less power.

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Silicon-free ‘superior’ microchip

Chancellor George Osborne announces a “fundamental reassessment” of the use of Private Finance Initiative contracts in a bid to cut costs and improve transparency.

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Osborne set to ‘reassess’ PFI

James Murdoch was told in 2008 that the use of hacking went further than his company disclosed, a parliamentary panel was told on Tuesday.

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News of the World Hacking Inquiry Resumes in Britain

“Between 30 and 40 protestors have reportedly been killed by Israeli security forces in the past three weeks. The Government of Israel has a duty to ensure that its security personnel avoid the use of excessive force. However difficult the circumstances, the use of live ammunition against allegedly unarmed protesters, resulting in large numbers of deaths and injuries, inevitably raises the…

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UN High Commisioner Chastises Israel and Syria Over Golan Border Clash

Bill Gates’s foundation is financing bands of educators to pose alternatives to union orthodoxies on issues like the seniority system and the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers.

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Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates

A five-year-old girl who was shot in the chest in a south London shop may have lost the use of her legs.

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Shot girl aged 5 ‘may never walk’

Mexico publishes a manual to help government workers reduce the use of sexist language, in a nation renowned for its machismo.

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Mexico confronts sexist language

Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.

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Global nuclear debate heats up

Brazilian police question a motorist accused of driving his car at high speed through a crowd of cyclists promoting the use of bikes in Porto Alegre.

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Brazil driver mows down cyclists