Disciplined and observational study of the natural world including, but not limited to: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science.
Scientists discovered what seems to be the first conclusive evidence for water on an extrasolar planet. The discovery was made by French scientists using data from NASA’s Spitzer space telescope and was recently published in the scientific magazine Nature. In ...
Today, detecting cancer metastasis and remission is possible only when a sufficient amount of cancer cells can be found. Locating cancer cells in the blood indicates whether there is a chance of developing such metastasis or if the patient is ...
A design of a new type of astronaut suit is currently underway at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dava Newman, Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT is leading the “BioSuit” Project. The project is based on ...
Similar to its namesake, the Phoenix Mission raises from the ashes a spacecraft and instruments from two previous unsuccessful attempts to explore Mars: the Mars Polar Lander and the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander. The Mars Polar Lander failed to return ...
The Bernholtz Prize for originality and creativity in practical research was recently awarded to Ido Bazelet from the Pharmaceutical School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Together with Ariel Munitz Bazelet is working on a project named RECEPTRA. The ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope recently discovered what might be the first planetary system with four Suns. The quadruple-star system known as HD 988000 is approximately 10-million years old, and is located 150 light-years away from Earth (fairly close in astronomical ...
The Israeli ‘Technion’ and The College of Judea and Samaria have developed a new nanobot that will be able to cruise inside the human body. In the last years scientists are making efforts to minimize robots so they will aid ...
Genesis II – a second prototype inflatable space module was launched on, June 28th, 2007 atop of a Russian Dnepr missile. Genesis II is another milestone in the commercialization of space, and brings us a step closer to realizing the ...
Although the next big space telescope is not scheduled for launch before 2013, NASA scientists and engineers are already planning the launch vehicles that will be able to carry even larger telescopes into high orbit and eventually help humanity create ...
Early on the morning of June 11th, 2007 Israel launched a new spy satellite designated Ofeq 7 (Horizon in Hebrew). The launch of the satellite comes at a sensitive time in the Middle East surrounding Iran’s controversial nuclear project and ...
