2014-12-23 Is a Fusion Nuclear Reactor Coming Soon?
The United States technological organization Lockheed Martin says it will produce a working fusion nuclear reactor within five years. Lockheed…
2014-12-16 Tiny Needles Treat Eye Disease
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness around the world. In the United States alone, more than two million…
2014-12-08 High-Tech Material Cools Buildings, Sends Heat Into Space
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new material that can move heat out of buildings and into space. The…
2014-12-02 Hoverboards Ignore Gravity
Can you imagine riding around the streets of your hometown on a skateboard without wheels? In the late 1980s, film…
2014-12-01 Kenyan Researchers Developing Malaria Vaccine
Malaria control efforts depend mainly on things like chemically-treated mosquito nets and sprays designed to kill the disease-carrying insects. But…
2014-11-25 Dutch Experiment Grows Vegetables in Sea Water
Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water used…
2014-11-17 South Korea Attempting to Reuse More E-Waste
South Korea is dealing with increasing amounts of waste from electronic devices. These useless or unwanted parts are often called…
2014-11-09 Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts
Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the city’s crime rate —…
2014-11-03 Snake Robot Acts Like Real Snake
Five years ago, the Mars Rover Spirit got stuck in sand on the red planet. Spirit is one of the…
2014-10-28 Small Organisms in Deep Sea Rocks Eat Methane
The gas methane has been linked to rising temperatures on Earth. But methane does not stay in the atmosphere as…
2014-10-22 Scientists Design Chips to Act Like Human Organs
Testing new drugs for safety and effectiveness is a costly process in the United States. It also can take a…
2014-10-17 Scientists Create New Maps of Ocean Floor
We know more about the surface of the planet Mars than we know about what is at the bottom of…
2014-10-15 How to Weather a Solar Storm
Powerful winds from the sun affect the earth’s atmosphere. These solar winds cause the beautiful aurora borealis, also known as…
2014-10-06 Researchers Work on 3-D Printing of Living Tissue
Three-dimensional printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the United States. Three-D printers are used to make everything from automobile…
2014-09-23 NASA’s MAVEN Arrives on Mars
An American spacecraft reached Mars late Sunday after a 10-month-long journey. It traveled a total of 711-million kilometers from Earth…