Google is accepting submissions for its 2012 international science fair. Last year, which was the first year of the science fair, they had over 7,500 entries from over 90 countries. Contestants were limited to offering projects written in English only.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have found that two antibiotics working together might be more effective in fighting pathogenic bacteria than either drug on its own.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH When she mounted the podium of the sumptuous hall at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris to receive her $100,000 prize on Thursday, Weizmann Institute of Science Prof.