The first plasma discharge from China’s experimental advanced superconducting research center — the so-called artificial sun — is set to occur next month.

Stem cells taken from human fat can be transformed into smooth muscle cells, offering a way to treat many kinds of heart disease, gastrointestinal and bladder ills, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Your parents were right, don’t study with the TV on. Multitasking may be a necessity in today’s fast-paced world, but new research shows distractions affect the way people learn, making the knowledge they gain harder to use later on.

MySpace, the world’s most popular networking website, has restarted after being shut down for more than half a day following a power outage.

While sex in space is now a front and center topic of talk in public space travel circles, it may be far more complex and foreboding than once thought.

More than four in 10 kids surveyed by KidsHealth said they feel stressed most of the time or always. The youngsters cited having too much to do as the main reason, according to KidsHealth, a division of the Nemours Foundation, a nonprofit organization that studies children’s health issues.