Solar powered mobility scooters could soon be on the streets thanks to the work of a student at the University of Nottingham.

Chemical engineers from the University at Buffalo have collaborated with scientists from other institutions to solve a critical bottleneck in the transport and capture of virus nanoparticles, making possible a device that could rapidly sample and detect i

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion at "Home Plate," a plateau of layered bedrock approximately 2 meters (6 feet) high within the "Inner Basin" of Columbia Hills, at the rover's landing site in Gus

COROT has provided its first image of a giant planet orbiting another star and the first bit of ‘seismic’ information on a far away, Sun-like star- with unexpected accuracy.

The deadly chytrid fungus is making devastating in-roads into Australia's vulnerable frog populations, with a Griffith University study revealing the disease-causing fungus is now established in frog populations throughout Eastern Australia.

Collaborative research between scientists have used x-rays to see the internal workings of ntiferromagnets for the very first time.

There seems to be something new under the sun -- in the sky, specifically -- that could complicate scientists' efforts to get a fix on how much the world will warm in the future.

Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing rapidly in the United States, government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy projects is lacking, says a new congressionally mandated repo

t’s happening again. Americans are pulling up to gas stations, putting the nozzle in the gas tank, and watching the ticker reach prices reminiscent of the post-Hurricane Katrina days. But with the cost of crude oil dropping, and Katrina two years behind u

How hard is it to deliver a package to Ouagadougou? A Georgia Tech logistics group puts the major carriers (UPS, FedEx and DHL) to the test with its Great Package Race, a contest to see which carrier can get a package to a very challenging locations.