Biologists at the University of Southern California have achieved a 10-fold life span extension in baker’s yeast. By mutating two of the yeast’s genes and restricting its calorie consumption, the researchers accomplished this record longevity with no apparent side effects. ...

JPL Robotics’ Lemur (Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robots) were designed to address maintenance issues on spacecrafts and space stations. The robot, named after the monkey-like animals, is equipped with a stereo camera set, allowing omni-directional vision. Lemur provides a basis ...

In the passing year more than ever before, researchers have come to realize how genetically different we are from each other. Technological advancements have led to significant improvements in genome-sequencing abilities, and as a result – to better understanding of ...

At approximately 2:47 p.m. EST the space shuttle “Atlantis” successfully lifted off the ground from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About two months after the shuttle’s original launch date, after which liftoff was delayed a number of times, NASA ...

UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi collaborated with the research company C3 Jian to develop a therapeutic orange-flavored lollipop that is actually good for your teeth. Herbal treatments have been used in China for more than 3,000 years. Professor Shi studied and ...

The Australian teenager Demi-Lee Brennan has become the first known transplant patient to switch blood groups – at estimated odds of one in six billion. Her blood type spontaneously changed from O-negative to O-positive following a liver transplant, after her ...

Virgin Galactic, a company owned and established by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group in order to create the world’s first commercial spaceline, has unveiled the designs of the Space Ship Two and White Knight Two carrier aircrafts. Space Ship Two is ...

American scientists may have achieved a breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The team utilized a gene-therapy technique to deliver a gene encoding the inhibitory GABA molecule to the overactive brain area (subthalamic nucleus) of a dozen of Parkinson’s ...

The Israeli company “Hefestus” has developed a unique packaging system, which significantly prolongs the “shelf life” of various products. The company’s sealing machines can pack different kinds of foods, as well as cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, in a way that ...

NASA’s 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race is scheduled for April, 2008. Each year, college and high school students design and drive two-person lunar vehicles across a half-mile course of simulated lunar terrain with various obstacles, such as craters and rocks. ...