What: A colossal airship designed to lift entire buildings and transport them thousands of miles may be the solution to sending large pieces of equipment to remote areas and sites of natural disasters.
Consumers mill around grocery stores, reading labels and skimming their options to try and find the best deals.
Caffeine is, without a doubt, one of the most pervasive drugs in our society. Naturally present in some of our favorite foods and drinks, caffeine also is added to many products to act as a stimulant and to create a level of dependency.
A sophisticated computer worm has targeted Iran's first nuclear power plant and infected as many as 45,000 computer systems worldwide.
What: An ornithopter is an aircraft that uses flapping wings, such as those of birds, bats and insects, for propulsion.
Researchers predict a laser-based diagnostic method will remove the need for several invasive medical procedures within the next five years.
This year's unusually warm summer was the cause of many health issues for humans worldwide - poor air quality, heat stroke and fire danger were only a few examples.
All of us have been told what is 'good for us' and what is 'bad for us.' We all know that celery is healthier than donuts, that walking is better than driving to nearby locations, that taking the stairs is better than using the elevator and so forth.
Scientists have discovered 450 extrasolar planets to date and recently identified potentially 750 new ones.
What: The product consists of short wool, linen or acrylic fibers and polymers that are dissolved in a solvent that one sprays onto the skin from an aerosol can.
Recent studies show that massage creates measurable changes in the body's immune and endocrine responses.
They may often be condemned as a bad influence on youth everywhere, but could blasting away monsters, zombies and special agents actually be good for crucial decision-making abilities?
A firm handshake could be an indicator of a long life, according to a decades-long study of more than 50,000 people conducted by the British research organization Medical Research Council. Researchers found a correlation between measures of grip strength, such as the strength of a handshake, and mortality.
What: Human body heat generated from commuters waiting underground for the metro will warm an environmentally friendly public housing project located in the center of Paris.
In an attempt to study energy consumption and develop solutions for greater energy efficiency, British researchers at the University of Salford are building an "energy house" that can simulate weather.
"One less." This slogan is used to market the popular quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, to girls and women aged 9 to 26.
In Cavendish, Vt., a 25-year-old railway worker's left frontal lobe was severed by a 43-inch-long cylindrical tamping iron, propelled by a railway construction explosion. He was able to recover physiologically from the injury but still suffered vast personality changes and a complete loss of social inhibition. His name?
If you have turned on the news or flipped through a newspaper during the past couple of weeks, you undoubtedly are aware that a federal judge blocked President Obama's 2009 executive order to allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Drug-resistant bacterial infections, such as the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus commonly known as MRSA, can pose serious - and at times seemingly insurmountable - threats to public health.
Where and What: The world's largest five-segment solid rocket motor, Development Motor-2 was tested for the first time in Promontory, Utah.
