The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, successfully completed three planned scientific missions in phase one of the program, remaining airborne for ten hours on November 30, 2010 followed by additional overnight flights on the evenings of December 2nd ...

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently advanced a major step towards minimizing pain and inconvenience for patients with type 1 diabetes. Such people must keep a careful eye on their blood glucose levels, and therefore they are required to ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a new method for detecting pesticides on produce. The new method uses plasma to aim molecules from the surface of fruits or vegetables into a quadruple time of ...

Researchers at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, have developed a new lie detection method relying on infrared waves beamed directly into the brain. Called the functional near-infrared sensor (fNIR), their headband monitors the amount of oxygen ...