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Slime Mold Bio-Computer Could Solve Complex Problems

Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

The amoeboid is distinctly no technology, but it could provide the key to designing bio-computers capable of advanced networking. Read more

Mouse Virus Link to Fatigue Retracted

Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 02:02 PM ET | 0

A 2009 report linking a mouse retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome is disproved and retracted. Read more

The Big Questions for 2012

Posted Tue Dec 13, 2011 06:56 PM ET

The coming year will offer up the answers to a glut of questions. Here's a look at a few. Read more

Big Question for 2012: Is the Higgs Boson Real?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Dec 13, 2011 05:28 PM ET | 0

After detecting "tentative hints" for its existence, physicists are confident that a definitive answer for whether or not the Higgs boson exists will come in 2012. Read more

Big Question for 2012: Is the Higgs Boson Real?

Ancient Mars Water? Mineral Find Makes It a Slam-Dunk

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Dec 8, 2011 10:24 AM ET | 0

A Mars rover has found the best evidence yet that water flowed on the Red Planet long ago. Read more

Rumors Erupt Over Higgs Boson Discovery

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Dec 7, 2011 03:54 AM ET | 0

After gazillions of particle collisions in the LHC and countless rumors of Higgs discoveries, we have... yet another rumor of a Higgs discovery. Read more

Could Mars Rover Curiosity Infect Mars?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Dec 1, 2011 06:52 PM ET | 0

During the run up to the launch of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" on Nov. 26, a step in the "planetary protection" procedure wasn't adhered to. Read more

NASA's Mars Mission Readies for Launch

Posted Sat Nov 26, 2011 04:31 AM ET | 0

The much-anticipated Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" sits on the Cape Canaveral launchpad, ready for Saturday's blast-off. Read more

Mars Life? New Rover May Uncover Tantalizing Clues

Posted by Irene Klotz Fri Nov 25, 2011 09:00 AM ET | 0

With its new rover, NASA shifts its focus from looking for water to finding other ingredients in the recipe for life. Read more

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Re-Tested: Same Result

Posted Fri Nov 18, 2011 01:17 PM ET | 0

CERN's OPERA experiment continues to clock the subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light. Read more

Particle Physicists Learn Cancer-Fighting Tricks

Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Nov 9, 2011 02:58 PM ET | 0

Particle physicists have developed useful simulation tools to help them predict the behavior of subatomic particles, with valuable applications in medical and space science to boot. Read more

Particle Physicists Learn Cancer-Fighting Tricks

A Laser to Give the Universe a Hernia?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Nov 2, 2011 06:17 PM ET | 0

Those pesky physicists are at it again; they want to build a laser so powerful that it will literally rip spacetime apart. Read more

Jet Packs Rule, Say Deep-Sea Astronauts

Posted Wed Oct 26, 2011 02:32 PM ET | 0

Sixty-five feet below the Atlantic, astronauts are simulating maneuvers around an asteroid. Read more

FTL Neutrino Research 'Almost Certainly Wrong'

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Oct 12, 2011 05:19 AM ET | 0

As scientists counter the claim that neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light, the discussion is becoming less about the physics and more about how physics is presented to the public. Read more