Science and Technology

May 20, 2010

by Staff Sgt. Julius V. Delos Reyes 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AFNS) -- Construction has begun to build a $680,000 geothermal plant here, the first of its kind in U.S. Air Forces in Europe. "Aviano…

May 13, 2010

Photograph of Mount St. Helens as it was erupting with a giant ash cloud rising up. Vancouver, Wash. On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide…

May 11, 2010

Researchers from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created and programmed robots the size of single molecule that can move independently across a nano-scale track. This development, outlined in…

May 3, 2010

Solid-state Motorola M3 Media Server provides efficient delivery of on-demand media to any device, enables creation of scalable content delivery network HORSHAM, Pa. The Mobile Devices and Home business of Mototrola, Inc (NYSE: MOT) introduced a new family of on-demand…

Apr 25, 2010

Earthquake research will receive approximately $4 million in grants from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2010, with support going to 47 universities, state geological surveys and private firms. These external research grants are an important component of our overall…

Feb 16, 2010

Computational Model Can Be Used to Identify Regulatory Elements for Other Organs, Tissues Scientists have devised a new computational model that can be used to reveal genetic regulatory elements responsible for development of the human heart and maintenance of its…

Jan 28, 2010

Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go bump in the night. The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed many pairs of galaxies colliding. Like snowflakes, no two examples look exactly alike. This…

Jan 24, 2010

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded a $27 million, five-year contract to the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, N.J., to continue and expand operation of the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository (HGCR). Under the…

Jan 23, 2010

Expedition 22 flight engineer Oleg Kotov used a digital still camera to take this self-portrait during a January 2010 spacewalk. Also visible in the reflections of his visor are various components of the station and the Earth below. During the…

Jan 21, 2010

CLEVELAND -- NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. The Balloonsat High Altitude Flight competition will…