The elk in the Grand Canyon may be getting a little too close for comfort. The large mammals, once a rare sight in the national park, are now jamming up roads, grazing on hotel lawns and chasing tourists.
Customer complaints have prompted PepsiCo Inc. to take out brominated vegetable oil, which has been patented as a flame retarded.
An interesting link was found between the absence of trees in the environment where humans live, and significantly increased cases of death from heart disease and respiratory illness. Researchers at the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station did a lot of data-mining in health statistics...
A novel approach for the optimization of a solar cell pattern was chosen by researchers at Northwestern University. They aimed at designing an optimized geometric pattern of the scattering layer that would maximize the amount of time light remained trapped within the cell, thus leading to more effic...
Scientists have found that folic acid does not have an effect on the incidence of cancer.
The development of non-invasive brain-machine interfaces for machines meant to help patients suffering from severe motor impairments is being advanced by a large European research program.
Researchers have found a group of 53 cells within a pigeon's brain that respond to the direction and strength of the Earth's magnetic field.
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is moving ahead with two new plans to make laser weapons a reality.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Avastin for patients with colorectal cancer that has worsened.
It seems that vintage is in--even when it comes to rocket engines. The organization is now testing the F-6049, an engine that was supposed to help propel Apollo 11, in order to help design a heavy lift rocket for missions to the moon and beyond.
Self-healing polymers already exist and can be bought for various purposes - now researchers from North Carolina State University invented a new application by adding a special liquid-metal alloy to combine both to form elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and the polymer ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that a new strain of the vomiting disease norovirus has reached the U.S. from Australia.
