Some 200 bio-robot technicians from 17 countries appear at the International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Robots to show the latest developments in robots inspired from the animal world.
Some 200 bio-robot technicians from 17 countries appear at the International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Robots to show the latest developments in robots inspired from the animal world.
China will launch the eighth orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its construction of an indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network.
Astronomers are puzzling over an extraordinary cosmic blast in a distant galaxy.
Russia will boost its efforts to explore the solar system and seek a bigger share of the market for space launches in the next decade, Prime Minister Vladmir Putin said on Thursday.
Using NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GEE) satellite, US astronomers are hunting for nearby, hard-to-see stars which could very well be home to the easiest-to- see alien planets
About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, US researchers said on Thursday.
The new Virgin America A320 aptly named "My Other Ride is a Spaceship" flies in tandem with White Knight2 carrying Spaceship 2 over San Francisco April 6, 2011. The aircraft were on their way to landing at San Francisco International Airport as the first aircraft to arrive at the new $388 million 640,000 square foot Terminal 2, which is slated to be the first LEED-GOLD certified airport in the nation. Guests onboard the A320 included Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
US researchers have discovered two genes in which variation affects intake of caffeine, the most widely consumed stimulant in the world, according to a report described Wednesday in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday said autism demands the collective attention of the international community.
A plastinate sample of human body is shown an exhibit called "Body Worlds & The Cycle of Life" in the Museum and Science Industry Chicago, Chicago April 5,2011
The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays -- ultraviolet radiation, has thinned about 40 percent this winter, a record drop, the UN weather agency said Tuesday.