A route used by tumor cells to spread could be exploited to make stem cells for regenerative medicine and cancer therapies. In a boon to cancer treatment and regenerative medicine, scientists have discovered that a trick used by tumor cells that allows...

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. Indium phosphide (InP) nanowires can serve as electron...

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on Sunday, May 25th. Phoenix will enter...

Yves Rossy, known as the ‘Fusion Man,’ flew his jet-powered wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, on Wednesday. The revolutionary human flying machine comes after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.

Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 graduate’s invention could replace one of the...

After years of planning followed by a ten-month journey, the Mars Phoenix Lander is slated to touch down on the red planet’s north pole on May 25. If successful, the probe will be the first lander to reach a Martian pole and the first to actually touch...

Time Warner Inc’s (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, sources familiar with the...

HARARE (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Zimbabwe’s state-owned Herald newspaper and shut it down for three days, the newspaper said on Monday.
The Herald is widely seen as the official mouthpiece of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF...

Bournemouth, UK, is often mocked by many of the British for the average age of its citizens. In short, a seaside resort where many go to die. Jack Dee once quipped that the shop windows are all fitted with bi-focals to allow passers-by to ascertain what...

With strong sunbeams and a stronger will, students from San Jacinto High School hope to make a splash at the sixth annual Solar Cup boat races at Lake Skinner later this month.
The Solar Cup is an educational program sponsored by Metropolitan Water...