SCIENCE

In 2011, journal Science's editors will be watching a smaller detector at the Large Hadron Collider called LHCb; new techniques that should lead to the discovery of many more genes; an ignited fusion burn; the first plug-in hybrid electric cars whose batteries are charged from a wall socket go on the market; and and results from a late-stage trial of a malaria vaccine in Africa.

The world's first 'quantum machine', a device that jiggled in ways explicable only by the weird rules of quantum mechanics, has been recognized as the 2010 breakthrough of the year, Science journal said. Constructing a synthetic genome, sequencing of the Neanderthal genome and unequivocal success of two HIV prevention trials were among the other nine groundbreaking achievements of the year, the magazine said.

An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert found it had some of the same chemicals that are the building blocks of life on earth.

After Google Maps, Google Places and Google Earth, and a host of other ground-breaking products and apps, the Internet giant has now soft-launched the ‘Google Body Browser’, which tech analysts say is the Google Earth of the human body.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have found the genes that control alcohol tolerance in yeast, opening the way to engineer better yeast strains and make biofuels more competitive.

Cold plasmas could be a safe and better alternative to antibiotics to treat chronic wound infections where other approaches fail, researchers say.

A recent study shows that incorporating almonds into your diet can help treat and possibly prevent type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease.

A man in St. Louis and a woman in New Hampshire have received the first kidney transplants through a new computer algorithm that matches transplant candidates with living donors

After a 33-year journey, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached the other edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind.

The U.S. Navy has brought a concept that has long been a staple of science fiction closer to reality.

The world's smallest battery is so tiny that thousands could fit inside a human hair, and holds twice the energy of conventional lithium-ion cells.

Robots could assist doctors and nurses with monitoring patients, boosting efficiency.

In less than a day after the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 commercial rocket and Dragon capsule on Wednesday, NASA's Glenn Research Center and the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) of Canada are conducting tests that simulate the mining on Mars and the moon.

Fusion power may be a step closer as MIT scientists have found a way to contain hot plasma more efficiently.

Researchers from Australia are using data mining techniques to treat and prevent depression.

From hotel-style room service to massage therapy to magnificent views, hospitals are increasingly advertise their luxury services in a bid to gain market share, particularly those in competitive urban markets.

Yearly global emissions of anaesthetic agents can be compared with that of carbon dioxide emissions from one million cars or one coal-fired power plant, says a study.

Researchers from NC State and Carnegie Mellon developed a shoe radar to work in conjunction with GPS.

Scientists found a form of bacteria that can use arsenic in its DNA, and uses the arsenic to metabolize and grow.

IBM unveiled a technology that uses pulses of light instead of electrical signals to transfer data between chips, advancing its plans to create a supercomputer capable of one million trillion calculations per second.

Researchers from NC State and IBM have discovered a way to patch a cloud-based computing system while it's offline.

Drug regimens are showing promising results as methods of preventing HIV infection.

Researchers in London have found a new way to treat hamstring injuries and treatment is none other than the patient's own blood.

The air above the Dead Sea contains very high levels of oxidized mercury, which are of major concern to humans, scientists say.

Excessive intake of alcohol takes toll on the health of New Yorkers, besides causing death of 1,500 adults annually.

Researchers have found that one of the Jupiter's stripes that disappeared last spring is now showing signs of a comeback. The latest observations will help scientists better understand the interaction between Jupiter's winds and cloud chemistry.

May be in next few years, touchpad screens will become obsolete and would be replaced by thought-pads. Researchers have found it is possible to manipulate complex visual images on a computer screen using only the mind.

Researchers at Fractal Antenna Systems have found a way to use metamaterials in real life with fractal antennas.

Researchers in the United States have developed a new biosensor from plasmonic nanohole arrays to detect dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The tool could be used in developing nations, airports and other places where natural or man-made outbreaks could erupt.