Month: August 2012

Encircling Earth’s equator are two concentric, wide rings of high-intensity particles known as the Van…

NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the…

Thirty-five years ago Aug. 20, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch,…

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity flexed its robotic arm Aug. 20, 2012 for the first time…

The first evidence of a planet’s destruction by its aging star has been discovered by…

After a stroke, muscle synergies are activated in altered ways.

Naonparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the…

Sunscreens, lotions, and cosmetics contain tiny metal nanoparticles that wash down the drain at the…

The ability of botanists and other scientists to generate data quickly and cheaply is surpassing…

People who are obese and also have high blood pressure and other risk factors called…