What has been referred to as "nightmare bacteria" has become increasingly resistant to the strongest antibiotics infected patients in 3.9 percent of all U.S. hospitals in the first half of 2012, including 17.8 percent of specialty hospitals, according to recent reports from public health officials.
While crossing the bow shock on Feb. 3, 2007, Cassini recorded a particularly strong shock in a "quasi-parallel" orientation, where the magnetic field and the direction of the front of the shock's movement are almost aligned. Under these conditions, significant particle acceleration was detected for...
Theoretically expected, it was now experimentally proven by scientists for the first time that the fascinating new material graphene is also highly efficient at converting light into electricity--which makes it an ideal candidate to boost the sensitivity of imaging sensors and also to increase the m...
An ancient superpredator once stalked the waters of present-day Erie, consuming prehistoric sharks. Now, geologist Scott McKenzie is hoping to recover the fossilized bones of this massive beast.
Using DNA powder and gold nanoparticles, a new diagnostic system could enable rapid point-of-care diagnosis of the world's leading infectious diseases in the near future, replacing the currently needed expensive and time consuming tests in labs.
Life on Earth may have had its origin in space. A new study that simulated conditions in deep space reveals that comets could have seeded life on our planet.
Ocean Ramsey is out to save great white sharks--by swimming with them. Check out the video of her free diving with a massive shark.
It may be possible to reduce fear and stress following a traumatic event just by providing a protein synthesis blocker to the brain.
The revelation of a mummy head shows historians that medieval science may have been more modernized than suspected.
NASA'S Hubble Telescope has revealed a space invader--in the form of a very distant galaxy cluster. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has picked out Abell 68, a cluster that appears to look like a small alien due to a distortion.
Researchers found that eliminating certain genes in mice can help stop obesity that could possibly help humans.
A large, ancient camel once lived in an unexpected location: the Canadian High Arctic.
