Researchers from the University of Michigan and University College London have found that trees in the Amazon forest will be able to withstand even...

Biologists have identified a new species of small nocturnal primates, part of the slow loris family, in Borneo's forests. Don't...

Scientists at UC San Diego have finally collected the fruits of their decade-long labor after they managed to genetically engineered algae that...

About one in three breads is thrown away because it gets too tough and infected, and thus inedible, because of...

Dubbed Kenshiro by his makers at Japan's University of Tokyo, this kid-sized robot is the latest in cutting edge musculoskeletal machines. The...

Professor Gregory Retallack of  University of Oregon has launched a highly controversial claim that stirred the scientific community recently, implying that...

It seems like a scenario from a bad spy movie: someone hacking a medical device like an insulin pump or...

Purpurin, left, extracted from madder root, center, is chemically lithiated, right, for use as an organic cathode in batteries. (c)...

Nonrefractive visual impairments, the kind that can't be corrected by glasses, have reportedly increased 21% overall and 40% among non-Hispanic whites...

(c) Rafael Libanori, Randall M. Erb and André R. Studart Flexible electronics are still in their infancy, however scientists have...

Yesterday morning, the U.S. Air Force launched its X-37B robotic space plane into orbit via an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape...

(c) Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images Boredom seems to be a dominant "affliction" of the 21st century. That's not to say it's...

After going to a Boston club a few years ago, Mike Abramson, now a Worcester Polytechnic Institute grad, had a...

You might not know this, but 76-year old actor Alan Alda, known for his role as Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce...

The Mars Curiosity rover is preparing to use its drilling tool for the first time, however as preparations for the...

An artist’s rendering of the quasar 3C 279 (credit: European Southern Observatory) Determining when stars first started to form through...

rdue and Harvard universities. The transistor is made from tiny nanowires of a material called indium-gallium-arsenide, which could replace silicon...

Coincident with the much anticipated release of the new Lord of the Rings flick, a forensic anthropologist went through the...

Some scientists alter genes and breed glow in the dark puppies, others breed pineapples that also taste like coconut, like...

For the first time ever, researchers at at Cambridge and Cardiff, have identified and compiled a list of damaging or disease associated...

A new study released by Danish researchers at Aarhus University has found a correlation that suggests that couples that are unable to...

A fantastic photo of a shooting star from the Geminids over Joshua Tree National Park. (c) (Photo: Henry Lee/Flickr) After...

Georgia Tech researcher Zhong Lin Wang shows the tiny components of the new hybrid self-charging power cell that uses piezoelectric...

Utah State University has demonstrated a first-of-its-kind electric bus that is charged through wireless charging technology. The Aggie Bus, shown...

Researchers at  Parabon NanoLabs have developed an unique tool that allows scientists to use an intuitive drag-and-drop computer interface, much like in...

Over the past few years, a series of papers looked on how the United States could benefit by switching from...

After it was first cast out to sea less than a year ago from San Francisco's bay, the PacX Wave Glider,...

Astronomers have come across something truly amazing. Observations have surprised a protostar - a star in the making - in...

Solar Impulse, the now famous 100 percent solar-powered aircraft, made the headlines after it proved it could fly for 26...

Lighting has gone a long way since Thomas Edison ushered in the first mass-produced light bulbs, causing not only a...

Scientists at MIT have created tiny, millimeter-scale robots inspired by proteins that join together and can fold into various shapes. Though...

The much discussed soil analysis samples taken by Curiosity have finally been made public by NASA at the recent  American Geophysical...

This artist's concept shows NASA's two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer...

Society today is trying to make-up for lost time during the western world's patriarchal culture and bridge the gap between...

Artist impression of Skylon, the aircraft set to be fitted with the breakthrough SABRE jet-rocket engine. (c) Reaction Engines Passionately...

These are actually designs assembled with lego bricks, but based on the same principle, scientists have devised a new method...

The fist planet from the sun is the unlikeliest place you'd expect to find water ice, but new tantalizing evidence beamed back...

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered the most powerful quasar outflow discovered to date - five times more...

Nanocrystals have always interested researchers since their electrical and thermodynamic properties show strong size dependence, which could potentially lead to...

The short answer is, no. Not with the naked eye at least, but if you use a highly potent set...

Eye contact plays a very important role in human interactions, however a recent research study made by psychologists at UC Santa...

Paranoia, fear and the prospect of total global annihilation. These thoughts constantly plagued the leaders of the developed world during...

We could go on about what free will is until dusk and still not reach a conclusion. Indeed, philosophers have...

Some fantastic shots by Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre from Rockport, Massachusetts, that show the deep penumbral eclipse of March...

A recent report released by the UN and compiled by he Met Office and the University of East Anglia suggest the...

A proposed deep-space probe to Jupiter that uses the radioactive nuclear engine proposed at NASA and Los Alamos. (c) Los...

Last week we were all filled with enthusiasm at sight of recent rumors that had Curiosity on the brink of...

You've heard about white color and white noise, but know there's a new neutral signal that balances the senses, the...

Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted two features shaped like the 1980s video game icon "Pac-Man" on moons of...

A new study found a direct correlation between the frequency of cognitive activity at later life and brain health. As we age,...