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Opening doors to foldable electronics
Researchers develop method to print highly conductive, bendable layers of graphene.
May 20, 2013
Chris Zahm: Understanding and probing the world below our feet
Necessary resources such as oil and water lie below our feet. How today's scientists are coming to understand the world underground, while exploring for resources in safe, practical and effective ways.
May 20, 2013
New discovery shatters conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged
Use of new analysis techniques provides food for thought about how people lived 5,000 years ago.
May 17, 2013
Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible skin
Engineers created a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill that could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart.
May 16, 2013
Planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft in trouble
It went into safe mode on Tuesday, May 14 after the #4 reaction wheel, needed to orient the spacecraft, would not spin.
May 16, 2013
Severe storms kill at least 6 people in Texas
Severe storms struck in north and east Texas yesterday. At least 6 dead with over a hundred injuries in the town of Granbury. Mile-wide tornado north of Vista.
May 16, 2013
Video: May 10 ring of fire annular solar eclipse
Beautiful video of ring of fire eclipse by astrophotographer Colin Legg, who used three cameras along the ecliptic path in western Australia.
May 15, 2013
Here’s how NYC would look under the skies of other worlds
"I felt that if I could show people what New York City looked like on other planets, I'd give people a sense of how lucky we are to be living on Earth."
May 15, 2013
Brain’s big frontal lobe not what makes humans smarter, says study
The study suggests that supposedly more 'primitive' areas, such as the cerebellum, were equally important in the expansion of the human brain.
May 14, 2013
Agent Orange exposure linked to life-threatening prostate cancer
A new analysis has found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and lethal forms of prostate cancer among US Veterans.
May 13, 2013
