U.S. scientists have developed a thumb-sized microincubator that can automatically culture living cells for laboratory testing.

The use of Taser stun weapons by U.S. police forces inflicts very few serious injuries, researchers said on Monday, but a leading human rights group was unswayed, pressing its call for a moratorium on them.

TOKYO - For all those drivers that hate parallel parking and anything else that requires the reverse gear, Nissan could one day have the car for you.

Rascal’s mom looked like Lassie. And his dad? Well, that’s a good question. Rascal’s ears make it clear that he was the product of something besides a collie, but his owners couldn’t say exactly what. So Kathie Svoboda of Lincoln dabbed a swab in her pet’s mouth, mailed it to a lab and, a few […]

"Scientists" at the University at Buffalo have reinvented phrenology in the form of a set of biometrics that produce a numerical score indicating the probability that you are about to commit a terrorist act.

The researchers who pioneered the creation of "designer mice" to track the role of different genes in human development and disease have won the 2007 Nobel medicine prize, Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said on Monday.

Chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven. Fresh cut grass. Your spouse’s natural body odor. Smells can invoke memories, sexually arouse people, or even drive you mad.

If you check www.collegeboard.com, you’ll find a reassuring study showing that education really does pay.
Without considering the intangibles, the study shows that each additional level of education draws a higher lifetime income.

The Kanagawa Institute of Technology has developed a robotic suit that will aid in the care of elderly individuals who need physical support. The suit, showcased at a trade show in Japan this week, is intended to help personal caregivers lift those they look after, while reducing the strain on themselves.

Studies have shown that your keyboard and mouse are some of the most germ-ridden devices you own, surpassing even doorknobs and toilet seats.

Gravity-defying drops of liquid can travel uphill if the surface they are sitting on is shaken up and down vigorously enough, a new study finds. This stays true even on an incline as steep as 85 degrees.

An enormous red spinel crystal weighing over 52 kgs may be the largest red spinel ever unearthed. Mined at depth of 10 meters in a farmer’s field in Mahenge, Tanzania, the pyramid shaped crystal was discovered by a group of miners in the alluvial deposit.