SCIENCE

Researchers have developed what is believed to be the first complete millimeter-scale computing system, designed to be implanted into the human eye to track the progress of glaucoma, a potentially blinding disorder.

Discovery's final mission plays a bitter sweet experience for NASA, which readied it following four month delay for a mission that marks the retirement of the space shuttle.

NASA is readying the Discovery Shuttle for its final mission into space.

A new study has found that cell phone use can have high measurable effects on brain activity, confirming fears that the long-term use of mobile phones can cause serious health hazards.

Florida houses 12 of the best 50 hospitals in the country, followed by Ohio with seven, a new survey has found.

Increased and continuous use of computers is causing musculosketal disorders in a growing number of youth and children, according to a study by researchers at the Boston University.

A recent expedition to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico found that last summer's oil spill will likely affect the region for several more years.

Many doctors are doing little or nothing to help their overweight or obese patients to lose weight but many of them have made new year resolutions for weight loss, according to a new Harris Poll.

The risks associated with privacy and security breaches in healthcare are identified by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, which released a new report Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look.

NASA keeps the February 24, Thursday date with Discovery. The much-delayed shuttle will finally take off with six astronauts and an android.

The largest solar flare in several years has disrupted some communications, though it was not in the right position to create auroral displays visible from lower latitudes.

A Beverly Hills bariatric surgeon has offered tips when considering a Lap Band procedure.

If Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) plans succeed, there will soon be a humanoid robot in the International Space Station. The Twitter-using humanoid will be talking companions to the astronauts and will manage the outpost when the human inhabitants of the station are asleep.

A video made by compiling several images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the powerful flares that erupted earlier this week.

Radio frequency exposure from cell phones is not linked to brain cancer, according to a study by British scientists

The strongest solar flares seen in several years are sending a mass of charged particles towards the Earth, which could cause radio interference and auroral displays.

Researchers are a step closer to creating a medical 'smart bomb' that would seek out and wipe the root of cancer cells.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live, according to the US-based tabloid National Enquirer. The magazine has published photos of Jobs taken on February 8 outside Stanford Cancer Center that show Jobs looking extremely thin and frail.

The scientific evidence by itself can't pinpoint the origin of the anthrax mailings that in 2001 and infected 22 people and killed five, according to a report from the National Research Council.

A fireball that streaked through the skies over East Coast, described by viewers as -- the size of a Cesna plane and one of the biggest, brightest, and most colorful ever! -- could have been a passing meteor.

Almost 1,000 school-children in Japan have become ill in a feared outbreak of food poisoning.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory has picked up the most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle, which could cause spectacular auroras on Earth.

Watson finished its first (of three) round of bout against legendary human players Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. It is tied for first with $5,000 with Rutter while Jennings has $2,000.

An American woman in her 60s made history after she gave birth to her daughter's baby. Kristine Casey, 61, acted as a surrogate mother for her 35-year old daughter Sara Connell, who had been trying for years to conceive.

LG's entry in the tablet race is the 3D-ready, Android-equipped 8.9-inch Optimus Pad.

While NASA's spacecraft Stardust is due for a special Valentine day rendezvous with comet Tempel 1, a report from NASA states that procreation in space may not be possible due to radiation.

No 'safe' level of consumption of energy drinks has been established for children, adolescents and young adults, says the report from the medical journal.

Japanese scientists have spotted two huge holes on the sun's magnetic field, and it has been observed that the holes look darker than other parts of the sun.

Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday.