Jun 17 2011

U.S. Senator Calls Robot Projects Wasteful

Tag: Robots,Scientific Discoveries,Scientists — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:30 pm
Tom Coburn says that three NSF projects lack useful applications and shouldn't have received government funding.

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.

Mar 28 2011

Diamond Could Store Quantum Information

Tag: Building,Carbon,Computers,Laser,Light,Nuclear Science,Paper,Quantum Computing,Scientists,Technology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:56 pm
Technique makes use of flaws in crystal structure.

Mar 10 2011

When You Wish Upon a Falling… Toolbag?

Tag: Astronauts,Building,Earth,Eye,Golf,Meteors,NASA,Oceania and Australia,Orbits,Radar,Rockets,Satellites,Scientists,Space Junk,Space Station,Space Travel,Universe,Waste — Mark Thompson @ 3:56 am
We know that space junk is a problem, but could it completely cut off our access to space? Astronomer Mark Thompson gives his opinion.

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.

Jan 31 2011

Super Bowl Can Take a Toll on Your Ticker

Tag: Cardiologist,Death and Dying,Earthquakes,Events,Family,Female,Games,Life Science,Male,Medical School,Medicine,Men,Scientists,Snacks,Women — Emily Sohn @ 6:01 am
If you think you'll have a heart attack if your team loses, you might just be right.

Oct 15 2010

Cuban, U.S. Scientists Work Toward a Better Gulf

Tag: Coral Reefs,Corals,Environment,Life Science,Marine Life,Scientists — Julienne Gage @ 9:00 pm
Thanks to its pristine reefs, Cuba is an excellent place for scientists to investigate marine ecosystems.

Oct 06 2010

How Do Clouds Affect Earth’s Climate?

Tag: Chemistry,Climate,Climate Change,Earth,Exhaust and Emissions,Humans,NASA,Satellites,Scientists — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:07 am
NASA scientist Steven Platnick talks about his efforts to understand clouds' crucial role in regulating Earth's changing climate.
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