BALTIMORE, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists said Monday they have discovered how a gene controls the growth of tumors, providing a new target for therapies in the war against cancer.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The latest avenue in nanotechnology, the science of manipulating matter at the atomic or molecular scale, involves harnessing biological structures and processes, scientists said Wednesday at a conference.
University of Wisconsin researchers have built a sled with a giant hose reel, part of a cold-climate drilling rig destined for the Ice Cube project at the South Pole, a new study shows Non Contact Ultrasound can destroy bacteria and other scientific break
A novel combination therapy looks promising as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease; some soy milk is recalled for fear it may contain dairy proteins, and other news of modern health.
It's been a delayed and bumpy road, but it appears the dreams of TV programming on demand are beginning to emerge as realities -- albeit imperfect ones.
On Tuesday night, just before the release of the new movie, the real "Lord of the Rings" will give Earth-based observers a spectacular view of its crowning glory.
Although the cause of the mental disorder Parkinson's disease remains unknown, there are some indications pesticides and other environmental chemicals might play a role in its development -- an idea that originated some 20 years ago due to an observation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- President Bush's plan for making the smallpox vaccine available to the military and health-care workers, announced Friday, raises concerns about the side effect
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Federal sharpshooters destroyed 118 deer on a southeastern Wisconsin game farm in hopes the kill would prevent the further spread of chronic wasting disease.
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Federal sharpshooters destroyed 118 deer on a southeastern Wisconsin game farm in hopes the action would prevent the further spread of chronic wasting disease.
The new Bush administration forest initiatives won't do much to help the timber industry, or to reduce the severity of fires, but they will damage the ability of environmental groups to challenge government decisions affecting public lands.
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- In a theory-smashing discovery, astronomers said Wednesday they have found the pull of gravity, not a clash of the titans, spun companion moons into asteroid orbits on the edge of the solar system.
Neurosurgeons in Chicago are using a magnet-guided system to enter the brain and treat diseases without surgically opening up the skull, researchers are predicting a significant increase in water discharges into the Atlantic and other stories of modern sc
Vacuum tubes are electronic gizmos that once populated nearly every television in America. They're mostly gone now, except in one high-end electronics area, where they're still going strong.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Nearly 17 years after watching her friend and fellow teacher die aboard the space shuttle Challenger, Barbara Morgan, who trained as backup to Teacher in Space Christa McAulifee, got the call she had been waiting for.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Scientists in the nanotechnology field, where matter is manipulated at the atomic and molecular scale, have found their projects must include resources for educating their successors, researchers said Thursday.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Unraveling how to manipulate atoms and molecules takes many experiments, but scientists must also remember to educate their successors, researchers said Thursday at a conference. National Science Foundation grants to study the field of nanoscience increas
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The FBI said Thursday that it is searching land in Frederick, Md., in relation to an ongoing criminal investigation that may be related to the anthrax attack th
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- NASA officials said Wednesday space teacher Barbara Morgan has been assigned to a shuttle mission slated for launch next November.
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
