Scientists prepared Monday to explore the seafloor near Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean with remotely operated underwater vehicles.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 17, 2006 2.4 / 5 (7) 0

SanDisk Corporation today introduced a 4-gigabyte SD High Capacity (SDHC) card. The new cards, which support capacities of 4GB and higher, are rated Class 2 for speed and performance and can store more than ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 17, 2006 2.4 / 5 (19) 0

A seminal early event in the history of nanotechnology was the development of the atomic force microscope (AFM), which used a nanoscale cantilever to image solid materials at the atomic level.

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jul 17, 2006 4.3 / 5 (9) 0

Thirty years after the first successful landing on Mars by NASA's Viking spacecraft, the ambitious mission continues to evoke pride and enthusiasm for future space exploration.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 17, 2006 2.1 / 5 (10) 0

HP today announced that its researchers have developed a miniature wireless data chip that could provide broad access to digital content in the physical world.

Technology - Semiconductors

Jul 17, 2006 3.3 / 5 (26) 0

Jerry Colver had visitors to his Iowa State University laboratory cover their ears. Then he powered up his test rig and – SNAP! – what looked like a bolt of blue lightning popped through five test chambers.

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jul 17, 2006 2.5 / 5 (20) 0

Scientists are getting their best understanding yet of the makeup of comets – not only of the materials inside these planetary building blocks, but also of the way they could have formed around the Sun in ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 17, 2006 4.1 / 5 (10) 0

Dartmouth astronomy professor Robert Fesen appreciates NASA's Hubble Telescope, which he says has proven to be a terrific astronomical observatory since it was launched in 1990. But, he adds, there may be a ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 17, 2006 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

After 25 years and billions of research dollars the world's scientists have been unable to develop a vaccine that provides immunity against AIDS.

Medicine & Health -

Jul 17, 2006 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Surveys are more than an annoyance. They are also a useful tool for market researchers, who rely on them to understand our attitudes towards products. However, a significant new study in the September issue of the Journal of ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 17, 2006 3.3 / 5 (3) 0

U.S. researchers say they've found how cancer-triggering oncogenes allow blood cells to self-renew and become leukemia stem cells.

Medicine & Health -

Jul 17, 2006 4 / 5 (7) 0

As online video sites have exploded in popularity, many have been left wondering if a successful business model will emerge. Pay-for-content and putting commercials in the videos have both been oft-tried and oft-failed models.

Technology - Internet

Jul 17, 2006 1.2 / 5 (18) 0

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) re-emphasized the importance of breastfeeding by setting new global standards for child development.

Medicine & Health -

Jul 17, 2006 3.4 / 5 (8) 0

Front air bags reduce injury and death for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicle crashes, yet first-generation air bags, installed in motor vehicles until 1998, deploy with such force that they put children and ...

Medicine & Health -

Jul 17, 2006 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Using a newly derived line of human embryonic stem cells, Rockefeller University researchers have coaxed human cells to grow in mouse tissue.

Biology -

Jul 17, 2006 3.6 / 5 (5) 0