Aug 05 2011

Video Game-Like Programs Treat Schizophrenia

Tag: Computers,Environment,Jobs,Science,Scientists,The Future,Video,Video Games — Marianne English @ 10:41 am
Computer-based brain training looks to be effective for treating some symptoms.

Aug 02 2011

A Budget Trip to Mars

Tag: Air Travel,Earth,Ferry,NASA,Science,Space Exploration,Space Station — Irene Klotz @ 8:02 pm
SpaceX is talking with NASA about a mission to Mars, on the cheap.

Jul 27 2011

New Nucleotides Identified in Human DNA

Tag: DNA,Genes,Science,Scientists,Stem Cells,Tumor — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:04 pm
Human DNA includes eight nucleotides instead of the four originally identified.

Jul 20 2011

Researchers Grow Tooth in Mouse Kidney

Tag: Environment,Humans,Laboratories,Life Science,Science,Scientists — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 8:04 pm
The technique could create replacement organs faster than previously tested methods

Jun 30 2011

Roller Pen Writes Electronic Circuitry

Tag: Apps,Batteries,Business,Computers,Devices,Electronic Art,Electronics,Engineering,Experiments,High School,How to Draw,Light,Materials,Materials Science,Nanotech,Paper,Particles,RFID,Science,Soldiers,Storage,Technology,Video,Windows — Alyssa Danigelis @ 2:41 pm
The rollerball pen dispenses conductive silver ink, enabling electrical circuits to be drawn directly on paper and other surfaces.

Jun 14 2011

Curb Soot and Smog to Keep Earth Cool, Says UN

Tag: Africa,Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing,Animals,Arctic Regions,Asia,Cars,Climate,Climate Change,Coal,Cooking,Death and Dying,Earth,Environment,Exhaust and Emissions,Fossil Fuels,Glaciers,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Heating,Lung Cancer,NASA,Organic,Parks and Forests,Particles,Pigs,Rice and Grains,Science,Scientists,The Sun,Vehicles,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:21 pm
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating.

Jun 06 2011

Chameleon Bandage to Help Wounds Heal

Tag: Diabetes,Elderly,Green,Immune System,Infrared,Life Science,Materials,Medicine,Modern Medicine,Oceania and Australia,Science,Scientists,Trial,Video — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:45 pm
Temperature-sensitive fibers change color in the presence of heat generated by infections or inflammation.

May 16 2011

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Tag: Animals,Asteroids,Bacteria,Building,Ceremonies,Chemistry,Community,Devices,Disaster Scenarios,Earth,Engineering,Experiments,Family Members,Fear,Fish,Flies,Fruit,Hearing,High School,Inventions,Kids,Laboratories,Meteorites,Nobel Prize,Nuclear Science,Particles,Plants,Plastic,Recipes,Science,Scientists,Sight,Spiders,Technology,Transportation,Tumor,Yeast and Bread Machine — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:24 pm
Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

Apr 15 2011

Future Olympics: A Reusable, Floating Venue

Tag: Architects,Architecture,Building,Design,Disasters and Accidents,Engineering,Europe,Events,Ferry,Materials,Olympics,Reuse,Science,Sight,Sports,Technology,TrickTaking Card Games,Wedding — Alyssa Danigelis @ 11:00 am
An archipelago of sporting facilities, administration buildings and housing accommodations could be towed along waterways to major cities.

Feb 26 2011

What Would an Interstellar Mission Look Like?

Tag: Careers,Earth,Engines,Gravity,Heating,Leo,Light,NASA,NASCAR,Nuclear Science,Office,Photography,Rockets,Science,Scientists,Space Missions,Spacecraft,Spaceflight,Technology,The Moon,The Sun,Tools,Universe,Vehicles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:12 am
Guest contributor Robert Adams explains his mission analysis role in Project Icarus and discusses how a spacecraft could travel to another star.
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