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