New formula helps increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of the technology.
Astronauts will launch on a rocket made up of a shuttle-derived solid rocket booster.
Once numbering in the thousands, a mere 50 remained by the mid 1990's.
Efforts are underway to capture wave energy by creating simple, powerful devices that can withstand winds, monster waves, and corrosive salt water.
Frogs are in the fight of their lives against an aquatic fungus called chytrid, which infects the skin of these historically tough, resilient creatures.
Scientists are constructing whiskered robots that can detect and then project 3D virtual images of objects on to a computer screen.
Researchers are pushing the envelope of aerospace design in the search for an automated collision system.
Georgia Tech professor investigates the behavior of some of the most social insects on the planet.
New evidence seems to rule out popular extinction theories involving meteor strikes and human hunters.
The U.S. Navy did not allow female scientists to travel to Antarctica until 1969.
Researchers were startled to discover "hot spots" of forest fertility.
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Heliconius butterflies in Ecuador seem to be mating into two distinct species.
Presidents don't run the country alone. Get to know the people who make up Barack Obama's inner circle.
Loopholes allow states to provide college savers with less-than-solid guarantees.
Cars that make the most economic sense — not just when you sign on the dotted line, but for years after.
