SCIENCE

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute have now found the weak spot of malaria and are optimistic at the possibility of developing an efficient and effective vaccine against the dreaded disease.

Researchers from the RMIT University have created the first ever ‘clean and green’ truck in Australia. The revolutionary truck is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and is bound to be a promising addition to the environmental efforts for finding sustainable technologies. The researchers were able to demonstrate that it is possible for transportation to be made clean, environment friendly and quiet.

The solar system may have had five giant planets instead of four but ejected one, thus sparing the Earth.

Sixty nine young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation were recently uncovered by NASA’s Hubble Telescope.

Today’s date is written as 11/11/11 numerically, and many believers have put meanings to these numerical phenomenon.

Each of us is inherently an "animal rights person" to some degree, whether we realize it or not. Take the recent case of the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail blogger who wrote about having a mouse in her house.

Thai irrigation officials said flood waters in Bangkok will be gone in 11 days as it continues to drain into the sea at a rate of 400 million cubic metres per day.

The brain controls most of the chemical processes in the body such as blood pressure, emotions, fight or flight reactions. A group of researchers from the Weizmann Institute, led by Dr. Gil Levkowitz, looked into the structure and the mechanism of the brain by which biochemical commands are transferred from the brain cells into the bloodstream and to other parts of the body. With this, the 'hormone of love' was discovered to have a crucial role in directing this process.

Breast cancer is one of the major concerns of women all over the world with it afflicting almost anyone. In fact, according to the National Cancer Institute, 230,480 women are estimated to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, with 39,520 of them dying from the disease.

An animal conservation group has declared the black rhinoceros as extinct and warned that two other subspecies of the animal may also be lost forever due to poaching.

The International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo paraded the latest in robotic advancement with nearly 300 companies taking part.

Russian space officials are still hopeful that the Phobos-Grunt mission could still reach the Martian moon Phobos, even as it said that if the spacecraft can no longer be salvaged, it could come crashing back to earth in two weeks.

A proposed mission, called the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) is in the works that would unveil the dark heart of a neutron star. NICER was selected by the NASA for study as a potential Explorer Mission of Opportunity in September this year and thus will receive $250,000 to conduct an 11-month implementation concept study.

The facts are these: the Earth's magnetic field is produced by the planet's spinning solid core that generates the magnetic field, the moon is too small and cold to have that magnetic field generating core. So how did magnetized rocks appear on the surface of the moon if it doesn't have a global magnetic field?

In vitro fertilization treatment has increased by 50 percent among women in Australia and New Zealand, but only a few of the older women are able to deliver a baby.

The beautiful African antelope known as Beatragus hunteri or hirola is now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of critically endangered species.

A new breakthrough for obese people is in the works after a new study has found that cutting off blood vessels that nourish fat tissues could destroy body fat resulting in weight loss.

Asthma, characterized by the infamous wheezing sounds that people make, is a disease that affects the breathing passages of the lungs.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) called on governments to shift away from carbon-intensive fossil fuels in the next five years to avert averting climate catastrophes.

A high fiber diet consisting of vegetables, fruits and whole grains are more likely to reduce the chances of teenagers getting diagnosed with heart diseases and diabetes when they hit their adult years, according to a study done by Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Solar power is perhaps one of the most expensive renewable energy technologies today, but developments are underway to make it cheaper and more economical. Researchers at Argonne National Laboratories and Penn State are saying that luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) could eliminate the cost barrier.

Despite the controversy generated by the carbon tax, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said on Thursday that the country is now ready to take global lead on climate.

Activist and actor shares details about his lead role in 'J. Edgar' and his dedication to environmental issues like animal conservation.

Paleontologist Jack Horner, who was also technical advisor for the Jurassic Park trilogy, has claimed that he can create a chicken dinosaur or chickenosaurus through genetic manipulation. But he will need $1 million to splice the genes of a chicken and dinosaur to create the new species.

A research team funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is set to fly to the Antarctic next month to study the rate of how glaciers are being drained into the sea due the changes in climate patterns.

As the old saying goes, "It is better to give than to receive." Most people would shrug off this proverb and keep to themselves thinking that it would be better, but there is scientific proof that people like it better when they give than receive.

A $30 million athlete facility being built in London uses wood sources from protected Tasmanian forests, according to results of a six-month probe. The wood is used for the flooring of the sports hall.

A supplemental report from the Census Bureau reveals that there are more than 49 million Americans living in poverty.

Given enough time could Siri's responses grow where a user could actually interact with it? Will this mark the beginning of a real artificial intelligence that can mimic human thought?