Google Inc. on Monday announced that it is bidding for patent portfolio of Nortel Networks in the bankruptcy auction for the Canadian telecommunications equipment maker.
A baby star sprouts two identical jets, seen as green lines emanating from a fuzzy star, in this photograph taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope and released by NASA April 4, 2011.
A woman's breast milk cells may be used to predict cancer in future research, according to a study published by HealthDay News on Monday.
Russia launched a spacecraft with three astronauts on board from the Kazakh Baikonur space center early on Tuesday, Xinhua correspondents reported from the site.
Women who live near freeways and highways are more likely to give birth prematurely, said an Australian new research released on Monday.
China's second lunar satellite, the Chang'e-2, has been safely operating for 180 days as of April 1, and has reached its six-month designed life.
Lung cancer death rates among women in the United States fell for the first time in four decades, trailing a similar decline in men that started a decade ago, US cancer experts said on Thursday.
Media reports say a morbidly obese man who hadn't moved from his recliner in two years and had to be cut out of his home when he fell ill has died at a hospital.
A new technology that allows hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way, could make its widespread use as a carbon-free alternative to petrol a reality, according to its developers.
There is no enough evidence to show that large earthquakes like what happened in Japan would trigger nearby volcanic eruptions, says a US geophysicist.
A powerful forensic search tool known as familial DNA is gaining clout for its ability to identify suspects when all else fails.
Think the moon has many craters? New photos from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury show the tiny inner planet has far more impressive battle scars from regular high-speed peltings by space rocks.