New formula helps increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of the technology.
Once numbering in the thousands, a mere 50 remained by the mid 1990's.
Astronauts will launch on a rocket made up of a shuttle-derived solid rocket booster.
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.
A San Diego researcher is on a quest to create nanoparticles that travel the bloodstream, latch onto cancers in their earliest stages and destroy them.
Said to be the largest simulated earthquake ever attempted with a wooden structure, this shake-table experiment aimed to challenge building regulations in quake-prone regions of the US.
State-of-the art telescopes combined with the muscle of a supercomputer called "Bluefire" are allowing scientists to accurately model the structures of sunspots.
Researchers were startled to discover "hot spots" of forest fertility.
Using new techniques, researchers may now be able to predict the survivability of skin cancer.
Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the past decade.
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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.
