A robot freighter was destroyed on Tuesday in a scheduled operation after a successful mission to supply the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 21, 2011 4.2 / 5 (5) 4

Gannett, the largest US newspaper chain and the publisher of USA Today, said Tuesday it is laying off 700 employees, around two percent of its workforce.

Technology - Business

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 2

Reginald C. Farrow and Zafer Iqbal, research professors at NJIT, were awarded a patent today for an improved method of fabricating arrays of nanoscale electrical probes. Their discovery may lead to improved diagnostic tools ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 21, 2011 2 / 5 (1) 0

The world's oceans support vast populations of single-celled organisms (phytoplankton) that are responsible, through photosynthesis, for removing about half of the carbon dioxide that is produced by burning fossil fuels – ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 4.4 / 5 (5) 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- We all like to get the best deal possible for the things that we buy but you do not always have the time to go from shop to shop in order to find what you want. Luckily, there is a search ...

Technology - Software

Jun 21, 2011 3 / 5 (3) 0

The US space agency said Tuesday it is sending a team of scientists on the second and final mission of a NASA field study of how melting Arctic ice is changing the life cycles of sea creatures.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceived in the past. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

With the BeeSpace Navigator, University of Illinois researchers have created both a curation tool for genetic biologists and a new approach to searching for information.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Hipmunk's slick travel booking service that sorts flights by "agony" and hotels by "ecstasy" landed on Apple's iPad tablet computers on Tuesday.

Technology - Software

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

The independent assessment, written by WCS Senior Conservation Scientist Dr. John Weaver, is a compilation and synthesis of the latest information on these species – and how climate change may affect ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 2

Ranks of Foursquare users have continued to swell this year, with more than 10 million people sharing their locations with gadgets tapped into the service.

Technology - Internet

Jun 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Hurricane Beatriz is skirting the southwestern Mexican coast today, June 21 and bringing heavy rains and high surf to coastal areas, including Mexico's biggest port. NASA satellite imagery showed that Beatriz ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

Tropical Depression 06W is still slowing, making its way through the South China Sea today and has weakened overnight. NASA infrared satellite imagery showed a much more disorganized storm with scattered convection, ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

One potato field west of Bushland hosts three separate studies, all aimed at helping growers nationwide, even internationally, understand the habits and controls of the potato psyllid.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

NASA has declared full mission success for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). As a result of the mission, LRO has changed our view of the entire moon and brought it into sharper focus with unprecedented ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 3