'Father' of Birth Control Pill Dies at Age 91
Carl Djerassi, who played an instrumental role in the creation of the birth control pill in the 1950's, has died at the age of 91.
// Feb. 01, 2015 - 23:58 GMT
Carl Djerassi, who played an instrumental role in the creation of the birth control pill in the 1950's, has died at the age of 91.
// Feb. 01, 2015 - 23:58 GMT
According to researchers, squeezing a stress ball during surgery performed under a local anesthetic was most effective for controlling pain, while talking to a nurse helped control anxiety.
// Feb. 01, 2015 - 23:07 GMT
A tightly focused laser beam was turned into a Mobius strip with the help of a device called a q-plate.
// Feb. 01, 2015 - 01:34 GMT
University of Maryland researchers have developed a system that allows robots to learn how to cook using the video-sharing website YouTube.
// Jan. 31, 2015 - 23:24 GMT
Satellite images taken in March 2014 had been thought to reveal ripples in space-time, a key element in the Big Bang theory; however, it turns out that the pictures merely showed Galactic dust particles.
// Jan. 31, 2015 - 17:54 GMT
The launch of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory delayed to a targeted launch date of January, 31.
// Jan. 31, 2015 - 03:06 GMT
Tiny sophisticated microchips inserted into a human body are likely to replace wearable devices. However, the question remains, whether we are ready to get chipped or not.
// Jan. 31, 2015 - 02:43 GMT
Experts from the Russian national nuclear corporation Rosatom will create a demo water decontamination station, based on one of the RosRAO platforms, to be used at the Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant.
// Jan. 29, 2015 - 06:12 GMT
Astronomers have discovered the oldest known planetary system consisting of an ancient star and five small, Earth-like planets around 11.2 billion years old.
// Jan. 28, 2015 - 21:40 GMT
Scientists have finalized plans to build a revolutionary space telescope capable of producing images a thousand times sharper than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
// Jan. 28, 2015 - 03:20 GMT