A technology that was actually designed for the use of astronauts in the hazardous environment of space can now be used as a lifesaver in dangerous occupation such as coal mining.
Good News!!! NASA provides you with a golden opportunity to be a part of the International Space Station research. The academia, industry and government agencies can now develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the space station using the newly installed Space Communications a...
Six hours of observational video and 5000 individual images of the transit of Venus June 6, 2012, taken by optical and solar telescopes from two different locations on Earth and they clearly show the parallax effects that have made Venus transits so important historically.
One of the most painful types of arthritis is 'Gout'. Untreated gout attacks range from mild to severe which can be experienced by both men and women. Gout attacks cause sudden severe joint pain and be combined with redness, swelling, and tenderness of the joint at times. Gout is a disease that resu...
There is new way to look at tissues under the skin. An international team of researchers from the University at Buffalo and other institutions in the U.S., China, South Korea and Sweden have designed a unique photoluminescent nanoparticle for deep tissue imaging.
It was noticed that the salt cedar along the waterways of the southern and eastern Panhandle were getting leafless and dying at a faster rate. And an entomologist from Texas A & M AgriLife Research provided a reason for the process of defoliation.
Generally restricted to sunny, wet environment the carnivorous plants are distributed worldwide. They display a complex mechanism in order to survive in habitats that are poor in nutrients. Trapping systems help them to attract, kill, and digest small prey animals.
After touching the Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept 22, NASA's Curiosity has detected a stream that once ran vigorously across the area of Mars where the rover is driving. Prior to this there was evidence for the presence of water on Mars but the images provided by Curio...
Victims of HIV highly rely on number of medication to suppress the virus. A few of them even take drugs for decades. Till date most of the researchers were blinded with the assumption that the disease causes damage to the brain, but the new Johns Hopkins research suggest that the drug efavirenz may ...
A new material has been developed to improve the energy storage capacity of batteries so that laptops, cellphones, electric cars and other mobile devices can be used for longer duration. This new material has been developed by Steven Arnold Klankowski, a doctoral candidate in chemistry, La Crescent,...
A 1000 year old statue of an ancient Buddhist that is known as the 'Iron Man' has been analyzed by a team of scientists led by Dr. Elmar Buchner from the Institute of Planetology, University of Stuttgart.
The crucial factor that is responsible for declining muscle repair during aging has been traced by an international team of scientists. They have also revealed how to arrest the process in the mice with the aid of a common drug.
