Science

The web inventor will help bring in more jobs and create more opportunities in the digital age.

March 23, 2010 1:56pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

High fructose corn syrup, which some studies have linked to obesity, may also be harmful to the liver, according to a new study.

5 | March 23, 2010 5:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Universities are failing to produce the next-generation workers needed to crunch and understand data, according to a survey.

3 | March 23, 2010 4:30am | By Larry Dignan

Tom and Ray Magliozzi cultivated a huge audience by making vehicle problems hilarious and fascinating. Now, through a partnership with the University of Utah, the brothers are using their...

2 | March 23, 2010 3:59am | By Christina Hernandez

Wondering which Web sites the world's smartest group of people likes the best? Mensa has named its top 50 sites for 2010.

1 | March 22, 2010 10:20am | By Andrew Nusca

The Environmental Protection Agency has launched another study into whether hydraulic fracturing threatens the safety of our environment and water supplies.

1 | March 19, 2010 8:44am | By Melissa Mahony

A medical device dubbed the Smart Hip is aimed at cutting down on hip surgeries while generating bone tissue via a few capsules sensors and actuators with a dash of Bluetooth.

March 19, 2010 4:56am | By Larry Dignan

Spain's new 325-mile high-speed rail line from Barcelona to Madrid transforms a six-hour car ride to a 2 hour, 38 minute commute. What's their secret?

3 | March 19, 2010 4:21am | By Andrew Nusca

Pound-for-pound, silk is tougher than steel. But scientists are still unraveling the answers behind what makes the luxurious fabric so strong.

7 | March 19, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

European researchers have created a three-dimensional invisibility cloak that made gold disappear.

9 | March 18, 2010 1:40pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Web-based application gets top honors for improving grape vineyard yields with a minimum of waste.

2 | March 18, 2010 5:31am | By Heather Clancy

At age 18, Erika DeBenedictis has created a software navigation system that would let spacecraft find the fastest and most fuel-efficient transit routes through the solar system.

2 | March 18, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

A New York school turned a push to cut energy consumption into a hands-on learning project.

2 | March 16, 2010 4:43pm | By Heather Clancy

Colorado researchers can use bacterial communities to identify the owner of the computer. As it turns out, the bacteria harvested under people's fingertips leave a unique mark and might one day be...

March 16, 2010 7:53am | By Boonsri Dickinson

In light of President Obama's recent elimination of NASA's planned moon missions, the agency's manned space program needs a goal, destination and timetable, experts say.

March 16, 2010 7:38am | By Andrew Nusca

With the interest in neuromarketing growing in the media and the scientific community, two researchers sought to uncover whether the trend was worth the hype.

11 | March 16, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

If the police thought more like scientists, would they catch more criminals? A University College London professor explains predictive crime theory.

March 15, 2010 9:54am | By Andrew Nusca

After 13 years and 800 hours, New Zealander Rudy Heeman has finally built a winged hovercraft.

14 | March 15, 2010 9:46am | By Boonsri Dickinson

Space Exploration Technologies, one of the leading players in that privatization of space travel, inked an agreement to carry a Space Systems/Loral satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket as early as...

March 15, 2010 5:25am | By Larry Dignan

The Pentagon's cutting-edge research outfit, DARPA, is soliciting research that demonstrates quantum effects in biological processes -- as well as prototype biomimetic sensors that harness them.

1 | March 12, 2010 11:43am | By Andrew Nusca