Planet discovered slowly falling into dying red giant that's still in process of expanding.

Australians are getting a big hello from the heavens as Venus, Jupiter and a waxing crescent moon combine to create a celestial smiley face.

Spaceflyers have extra day to head home after shuttle landing diverted from Florida to Edwards AFB in California desert.

Transition team asking how much could be saved by killing Ares 1 rocket, scaling back Orion crew vehicle.

Croatia's prime minister should condemn the three-hour police questioning of a man who started a Facebook group that criticized the premier, an opposition leader said.

Greater growth potential exists for CROs in early stage work with increased potential for outsourcing, especially in areas such as toxicology studies where outsourcing penetration is lower. Several CROs are adding early stage capabilities to garner a greater share of

This direct detection has many advantages over traditional detection technologies, the chief among them the screening of protein-protein interactions, which are otherwise a major challenge.

Gillette has jumped out to a big lead and is in position to sweep the Casper Star-Tribune's All-Sports Awards thanks to the five state championships the school earned this fall.

Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 1:25 p.m. PST Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing a 16-day journey of more than 6.6 million miles.

NEW YORK -- Police were reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an attempt to identify who trampled to death a Wal-Mart worker after a crowd of holiday shoppers burst through the doors at a suburban store and knocked him down.

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has asked journalists to utilise the current liberalised economy to effectively communicate science information for the development of the country.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the first observance of World AIDS Day, a new report by UNAIDS calls on countries to realign HIV prevention programmes through understanding how the most recent HIV infections were transmitted, and understanding

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the GOP think could be the

Global moves to improve the rights of indigenous communities over their local knowledge have largely failed, say experts.

Angolan poet Denise Kangandala on Friday in Luanda is to launch her first literary work entitled "Ascensão Cósmica" (Cosmic Ascension), ANGOP has learnt.

Angola's ruling MPLA party information secretary, Fragata de Morais, Friday in Luanda, said that the cooperation ties between Angola and Cuba are more and more reinforced in education, particularly in the higher education domain.

The Grawemeyer Awards were created by a wonderful graduate of the University of Louisville, Mr. Charles Grawemeyer. Charlie wanted a recognition program for big ideas in areas that were not covered by the Nobel prize.

Polymer chromatography lab in a big chemical company: does science matter?

The meeting will focus on the use of enabling technologies in synthetic chemistry including microwave and continuous flow processing. A line-up of 10 distinguished plenary speakers from academia and industry supported by ca 20 oral contributed lecturers will address the

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