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 A new set of problems has set back NASA’s effort to get the Hubble Space Telescope running again, agency officials told the media on Friday. Experts from the Goddard Space Flight Center said it could take several days for engineers to find the source of the latest difficulties. The first problems for the telescope appeared on September...
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 It would appear so. Several monkeys regained the use of paralyzed wrist muscles with a computer-aided device that uses brain signals to direct movement. These investigations have been conducted by U.S. researchers and given to the public on Wednesday. This brings a glimpse of hope for people paralyzed with spinal cord or other injuries....
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 In 1953, Stanley L. Miller, a graduate student of Harold C.
Urey at the University of Chicago, made an experiment that would amaze the
world. He put ammonia, methane and hydrogen – the gases believed to be in early
Earth’s atmosphere – along with water in a sealed flask (the main ingredients
in the primordial soup) and then applied...
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 It was really necessary to see how using the internet
affects the human brain. Researchers from UCLA showed that searching on Google
triggers a key center for decision-making and complex reasoning in the brain,
leading to possible improvements in brain function. Dr. Gary Small, a professor
at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and...
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 Space tourist Richard Garriott, a video game developer from
Austin, Texas, docked with the ISS (International Space Station) at 8:26 GMT
(3:26 EST) aboard a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft which launched on Sunday from
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He joined American astronaut Mike Fincke and
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov on...
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 Richard Garriott proves that nothing is impossible if you
really want to do it. The sixth tourist in space follows the footsteps of his
father, Owen Garriott, an astronaut who spent 60 days in space in 1973, on the
Skylab. As a child, Richard wanted to be an astronaut like his father, but his
dreams were rapidly shattered by the...
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Moscow - A new crew for a lengthy stay on board the International Space Station (ISS) was launched Sunday morning from the Baikonur space centre.
The Soyuz capsule with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lontchakov and his US colleague Michael Fincke was launched at 0701 GMT, the Itar-Tass agency reported.
Besides the pair, US businessman...
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 The Large Hadron Collider built by the European Organization for Nuclear research (CERN) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex. The machine intends to collide opposing beams of protons charged with nearly 7 TeV of energy. The main purpose for which the LHC was built is to explore the validity and...
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 This week, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented its list of activities for the next two years. A total of no less than ten shuttle missions will be carried out before September 30, 2010, when the fleet is scheduled for retirement. May 31, 2010 was set to be the date for the final mission; the four month...
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 A recent study reveals that a substance compound in red
wine, grapes and nuts can apparently put a stop to age-related decline.
The substance, known as resveratrol, protects people against
many of the negative health effects linked with the passing of time. Among the
benefic consequences, as an example stand healthier hearts,...
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