Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they're…
As vegetation reclaimed formerly cleared land in California, Oregon and Washington over the last 35 years, male white-crowned sparrows have lowered their pitch…
To study these electrons, particularly the important outer electrons, researchers from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, in collaboration with…
For the better part of a century, scientists have recognized indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), one of several hormones known as auxins, as one of the most important…
FRIM Director-General (DG) Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod received the award at the “Awards Ceremony of the 14th Nikkei Asia Prizes” on 20 May 2009 in Tokyo. The…
With a P13 M grant from the National Economic and Development Authority, the UPLB Land Grant Management Office (LGMO) is setting-up a 120-hectare mixed…
Under a microscope they look like tiny pie charts or colorful candy canes: A team led by Joerg Lahann at the University of Michigan (USA) has been able to…
On May 18, 2009, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced significant progress that will help expedite development of…
The Solar Decathlon Madrid competition is modeled on the biennial U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. In these decathlons, universities compete to…
The balloon, which is 396 feet tall and 459 feet in diameter when fully inflated, was set aloft at 4:34 a.m. on May 17 from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna,…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is establishing a testing program to assure that the U.S. government purchases new computers and…
Since the federal government is considering cloud computing as a component of its new technology infrastructure, it is NIST’s role to evaluate it and then…
A new, free download called Walk n’ Play is available from Apple’s “App Store” that allows users to have fun while burning calories. The game lets players keep…
For velvetleaf in proximity to corn, “growing like a weed” means making additional demands on genes needed to fuel rapid growth in the race for sunlight and…
Opportunity’s two-year exploration of Victoria Crater – a half-mile wide and 250 feet deep – yielded a treasury of information about the planet’s geologic…
For decades scientists have been intrigued by the variety of sounds emitted by sperm whales, partly due to a popular theory that suggests that the sounds might…
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