The newly discovered asteroid 2007 TU24 is passing within 1.4 lunar distances, or 334,000 miles, of Earth today. The asteroid, estimated at between 150 and 600 meters in diameter, was discovered by…

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) is an online publication listing citations and abstracts of NASA and worldwide aerospace-related research. Updated biweekly, STAR highlights the most…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - New research shows Microsoft-related businesses make more than US$15 for every US$1 Microsoft earns. Today at the Government Leaders…

A University of Rochester scientist discovered that the toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging. Without this gene…

NEW YORK, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Aveda(TM), the maker of plant-derived hair care, skin care, makeup and lifestyle products and a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability, is…

Pioneering research at the University of Sunderland has shown that regular exposure to safe low level infra-red light can improve learning performance and kick-start the cognitive function of the…

In transportation, road traffic contributes the most to global warming, aviation is second, railways are negligible and shipping actually has a net cooling effect on the earth’s climate, according to…

From Bora Zivkovic's A Blog around the Clock: Here is a video of SPARC-ACRL Forum '08 on 12 January, 2008 at the Pennyslvania Convention Center in Philadelphia: The SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA '08…

You’re more likely to give things a favorable evaluation when you’re happy and a negative evaluation when you’re sad. But how does mood influence your choices among items? A new study in the…

We've been waiting for a good personal jet pack system since seeing Sean Connery strap on that Bell-Textron thing in the opening sequence of Thunderball. Thunderbolt Aerosystems founder Carmelo "Nino…