A team of SpaceX engineers diligently assess the cause of the May 19 launch abort for the Falcon 9 rocket poised at Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Repairs to a malfunctioning rocket engine are now underway. Credit: Ken KremerToday’s (May 19 historic launch of the first ever privately developed rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) was very surprisingly aborted at the last second when an engine glitch forced a dramatic shutdown of the Falcon 9 rockets 1st stage...

Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear. To find out, researchers need to incorporate this new-found warming into global climate models.

The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, [...]

Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star located 1,500 light-years from Earth. Similar to a debris-trailing comet, the super Mercury-size planet candidate is theorized to fashion a dusty tail....

The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from the University of Almeria (Spain) have developed a system to analyse these substances quickly and precisely.

To all those waiting to lay their hands on Samsung Galaxy S III, here is a good news, Samsung is taking pre-orders for the device at Samsung e-store. Galaxy S III launched on May 3rd at an event in London. It is the most anticipated Android smartphone of the year and received 9 million pre-orders so far. You can prebook the Galaxy S III now to receive it when it is officially released in India. Interestingly pricing of the device is not yet announced, but one can book it by paying Rs.2000...

The first purely silicon oxide-based 'Resistive RAM' memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions -- opening up the possibility of new super-fast memory -- has been developed by researchers at UCL.

Story Source Quantum physics promises faster and more powerful computers, but quantum versions of basic logic functions are still needed to bring this technology to fruition. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.

Story Source A collaboration between Lehigh University physicists and University of Miami biologists addresses an important fundamental question in basic cell biology: How do living cells figure out when and where to grow?

Innate differences in immunity can be detected at birth, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And babies with a better innate response to viruses have fewer respiratory illnesses in the first year of life.

The move to data-driven science and decision-making is necessitating the need for a comprehensive benchmarking of ‘big data’ applications as well as price/performance across the board, according to attendees at a recent workshop organized by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego.

A study by NASA using their Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has led to a new assessment in the number of asteroids that are potentially hazardous to Earth. The results also revealed new information about their origins, and how many asteroids are around Earth. The PHAs (potentially hazardous asteroids, are a part of a larger group of space rocks near Earth. This specific type has the closes orbit to Earth, at 5 million miles nearby. According to NASA.com, they are also capable of...

Sometimes space is a premium. Griffin's PowerDock Dual is an elegant way to dock and charge your iPad and iPhone simeltaneously. It even includes a tray for your change and other bric-a-brac. Price: $59.99 Please follow SAI: Tools on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified the mechanism by which protein Zds1 regulates a key function in mitosis, the process that occurs immediately before cell division. The result has been achieved in the online edition of the Journal of Cell Science and opens the door to developing targeted and direct therapies against cancer.

Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated a more accurate method for predicting the interaction energy of large molecules, such as biomolecules used to develop new drugs.

Yahoo! stock price climbed on Friday on renewed rumors that it was close to a multibillion-dollar deal to sell half of its stake in Alibaba.com back to the Chinese online shopping portal.

"All eyes were on Microsoft's rather important launch of Windows Phone in China earlier this year. Nokia followed up with the Lumia 800c, released on China Telecom. According to Michel van der Bel, COO of Greater China Region at Microsoft, the company has achieved 7% marketshare in the country, overtaking the iPhone (sitting at just 6%)." I'm raising an eyebrow over these figures due to their source, but assuming they're true, we get a good glimpse of how well Windows Phone 7 would handle...

Groupon is being investigated about why their stock price jumped hours before a favorable earnings announcement on Monday according to sources with The Wall Street Journal. The investigation is being...

The Amazon.com Kindle Fire is the company’s best selling device according to their Q1 release. The Amazon.com sales team is pitching ad space for the welcome screen. Ad agencies are being told...