Last Monday, undergraduate students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, participated in the decommissioning of a NASA satellite, causing it to crash into the atmosphere.
"Beer before liquor makes you sicker, but liquor before beer, you're in the clear." Although they may lack a scientific basis, myths such as this one surround alcohol consumption - and can especially be heard circulating among college students - while an equal number of unusual truths about alcohol are not well-known. The brains of adolescents and young adults respond differently than adults - defined as at least 25 years old, some researchers have said - do to alcohol, according to the National Institute of Health.
Driving south toward Charlottesville on US-29, you might notice a big green sign on the right. I always do, and it kills me every time. "X-ray, CT, Mammography, Ultrasound, Ahead on Left 3.6 miles." As a medical student, my mind whirs through patient cases faster than Kroger's supply of Solo cups disappeared two weeks ago when the undergraduate population returned to Charlottesville.
Research shows that Mars has optimal soil for growing plants and crops. Because Mars' gravity is only one-third of Earth's, agriculture on the red planet may require less water and fertilizer to produce a comparable yield.
Who: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a leading therapeutics company that specializes in ribonucleic acid interference therapy (RNAi therapy) What: ALN-VSP, developed by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, is an RNAi therapeutic drug for the treatment of various liver cancers and tumors.
Pitchess Detention Center in California is using a new device to control and maintain order within the Los Angeles County jail.
Four months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal government has re-opened waters, and the Louisiana shrimping season has officially begun.
Asparagus and garlic help fight diabetes and obesity, watercress helps stave off cancer, spinach and cabbage reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, and berries keep the brain young.
Yoga has conventionally been accepted as a meditative practice that simply promotes personal serenity and health.
Who: The Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment satellites developed by Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, Iridium Communications Inc. and The Boeing Company What: The AMPERE uses 60 ultra-low orbit satellites to forecast and monitor solar and space weather, as well as predict how it will affect Earth.
Out of the entire human genome, only 2 percent is known to code for functional genes. The remaining 98 percent - known as "junk DNA." - has generally been thought to be unused by the body.
The ground whizzes by, 5,000 feet below the rumbling plane. Buildings look like specks of dirt and the air is dizzyingly thin.
Everything you ever need to know about life, you learned in kindergarten - with one exception. It seems that all those lessons about touching your toes were futile because new research indicates that static stretching - the kind most of us are accustomed to do prior to a workout - might actually be harmful.
Who: Slovenian electric airplane company Pipestrel, which has already taken orders for a two-seater plane. What: As interest in electric cars continues to increase, so has the drive to develop more efficient airplanes by developing electric engine technology that is three to four times more efficient at driving the propeller.
Titan, Saturn's biggest moon, has long been known to contain a dense atmosphere and a frigid environment.
An apology to end an argument with a female friend has twice the number of benefits: the argument is over, and it also could decrease her chances of a heart attack.
Exercise is touted as an integral part of fitness, health and maintaining a trim physique, but what if it also could benefit the brain?
You're driving down Route 29 Sunday night after a fun-filled weekend in Washington, D.C. Thick spring air gushes through your open windows like a rushing mountain stream.
Type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, has long mystified scientists. Although research during the last few decades pinpointed its cause - the autoimmune attack of insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas - its prevention has remained a mystery.
Who: A team of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology What: A molten metal battery that can store more charge than any other battery on the market - the equivalent of 10,000 100-watt light bulbs for hours - and is even the cheapest to produce.
