Miniature flying robot among TIMEs 2011 best 50 inventions Rapidly flapping wings to hover, dive, climb, or dart through an open doorway, DARPAs remotely controlled Nano Air Vehicle relays real-time video from a tiny on-board camera back to its operator.…

NOAAs updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which measures the direct climate influence of many greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, shows a continued steady upward trend that began with the Industrial Revolution of the 1880s. Started in…

Lake Apopka Floridas third largest was once a haven for migratory birds, vacationers and fishermen. Today it is a toxic broth of chemicals and ranks among Americas more disturbing Superfund sites. Here, Rolf Halden and his colleagues from the Biodesign…

Among certainties about life in the desert Southwest are that the supply, use, conservation and management of water will always be pressing issues. So its certain that Arizona State University and Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering alumnus Michael Johnson…

A B-2 Spirit flies to the North Pole Oct. 27, 2011, on a test mission from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The polar flight helped ensure that the B-2 maintains its global combat power capability in all environments with new…

Washington, D.C. Researchers from the Department of Energys (DOEs) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly launched a groundbreaking new online tool called the Materials Project, which operates like a Google of material…

When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don't experience this familiar language advantage, say researchers. The likely reason: "phonological impairment." Tyler Perrachione with the…

WASHINGTON -- Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth. Trojans are asteroids that share an orbit with a planet near stable points…

WASHINGTON -- The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics:…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A common parasite may be worth investigating as a risk factor for brain cancers, according to a new geographic analysis by researchers from a French infectious disease institute and the U.S. Geological Survey. Led by disease ecologist…

Ancient minerals tell story of planet's distant past Jewelers abhor diamond impurities, but they are a bonanza for scientists. Safely encased in super-hard diamond, impurities are unaltered, ancient minerals that tell the story of Earth's distant past. Researchers analyzed data…

NOAA Ship Fairweather, a 231-foot survey vessel, departed Kodiak, Alaska, today on a mission to conduct hydrographic surveys in remote areas of the Arctic where depths have not been measured since before the U.S. bought Alaska in 1867. NOAA will…