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The Moon

Flying high over the Gulf of Mexico, researchers from NASA and Case Western Reserve University found a key to unlocking oxygen from the surface of...

Grapevines and barrels

One of the best known episodes in the 8000-year history of grapevine cultivation led to biological changes that have not been well understood...

Vaccine

In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing...

The lotus plant. Photo credit: Flickr Creative Commons / Liangjinjian

A NASA team is developing a transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the lotus plant to prevent dirt from sticking to the...

Flu vaccine

Early results from a trial testing a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in children look promising, according to the trial sponsor, the National...

Woman holding leg in pain

Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study...

The robot is shoebox sized and guided by GPS. Photo credit: BBC

Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot - which is being developed for the US military - uses its four wheels to get around.

AFM Tip Contact

Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and...

Daughter and Father

Previous research has found that children raised in homes without a biological father have sex earlier than children raised in traditional nuclear...

Genetics

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. Worldwide, 3% of children are...