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NASA looks back on 2008

As 2008 comes to a close, NASA has published a short retrospective of the year's biggest advances and discoveries. Here's a look at the highlights.10th anniversary of the ISS This year marked the 10th anniversary of the International Spac [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Saturn moon Enceladus has spreading Earth-like crust indicat...

High-resolution images taken by the Cassini spacecraft show that the icy surface of Enceladus has changed over time.New crust is created from distinctive cracks known as "tiger stripes" that are similar to the mid-ocean ridges cen [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Prime time makes a scientific discovery

In the beginning, there was the Professor.Though he never could figure out how to repair the S.S. Minnow, Russell Johnson's high school science teacher, stranded with the other castaways on "Gilligan's Island," was so ingenious. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Phoenix Pronounced Dead

You must be thinking that the poor lander has been pronounced dead several times now and you're right to some extent. The difference is that, this time, it's for good. Although hopes for any sign of communication with the brave lander were [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Sperm Supply Tied to Competition

If you paid attention during high school biology, you probably remember that girls are born with all the eggs they’ll ever have, whereas guys are churning out sperm pretty much all the time. Now, several new studies, in animals from m [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Scientist helps Sanderlin fifth-graders better understand bi...

Casey Turner watched as two buckets of fresh pond water full of writhing bloodworms, mosquito larvae, water bugs and other aquatic wildlife were heaved into the center of his fifth-grade classroom on a recent Wednesday. The 10- [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Talk about cyberspace: NASA's space-spanning Internet clears...

With more nations sending up more spacecraft conducting more advanced scientific studies, how will the world's space agencies keep everyone and everything in the loop? NASA has devised a system, touted as a sort of deep-space Internet proto [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Science news in brief: Sea census finds shark hideaway

A shark playground, a sea stars mountain and octopi revealing an unsuspected Antarctic ancestry are among the mysteries unveiled in the latest worldwide effort to draft a census of all sea life. At the World Conference on Marine Biodiversi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

World Science Day is commemorated today.

World Science Day is commemorated today. The main these of this year is “science for development”. Accordingly, special awareness programmes will be implemented. Several programmes are organised by Ministry of Science and Techno [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Infant Deaths in U.S. Stall as Other Nations Improve

Infant deaths in the U.S. continue to surpass most other rich nations, stalling at the same level from 2000 through 2005 while other countries improved their standing, government researchers said. Latest international data shows the U.S. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Aussie scientists to study molecular structure of protein in...

A team of Australian scientists has joined forces in a world-first collaboration that will utilise state-of-the-art technology and materials science to determine the molecular structure of the protein components in some of our most common f [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean ...

The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new £1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy.British scientists will this week begin work to create a nuclear fusion reactor, which wil [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

UK hacker faces extradidition

Authorities in the US and the UK are continuing to show the world how seriously they take computer hacking. After two years of hearings and appeals, UK hacker Garry McKinnon is now facing extradition to the US, facing charges of perpetratin [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Scientists discover leptin can also aid type 1 diabetics

Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Since the discovery of insulin in 1922, type 1 diabet [...]