Science, Technology Honors Announced
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The nation's highest honor for science will be awarded to eight individuals next month, while technology awards will go to six people, a company and a foundation.
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A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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Technology Review presents its annual list of the 10 most exciting technologies.
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By Tracy Harmon, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 21--CANON CITY -- Budding young scientists from throughout Southern Colorado will delve into the mysteries of science during the regional science fair March 1-2.
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Background and biographies of this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor.
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At the first Academy Award presentations of the year, 20 computer geeks graciously accepted honors for their work on particle flow simulation technology Â stuff that makes water scenes in the movies look more realistic.
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Physicist Stephen Hawking received the highest award for scientific achievement Thursday for his work in theoretical physics and cosmology.
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The 25th anniversary of scanning tunneling microscopes was marked by an international contest to celebrate the most remarkable images created through this atomic-level technology. See some of the contest's most noteworthy submissions in this photo gallery.
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The 2004 Nobel winners for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Economics were officially handed their awards in Stockholm by King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday.
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By Paula Schleis, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  May 26--Some Akron-area companies were spotlighted this week by the Northeast Ohio Software Association's annual trade awards.
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Climate change, renewable energy and space exploration will be high on the agenda when scientists from around the world gather for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.
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The big-bang theory of the universe, microcredit and literature exploring Turkey's clash of cultures will be honored as six American scientists, a Bangladeshi economist and a Turkish novelist receive the Nobel Prizes Sunday in Stockholm and Oslo.
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US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck win the Nobel physics prize for their insights into the deep structure of matter.
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MIT scientists perfect the use of light beams as a tweezer-like tool for manipulating microscopic objects.
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Three American scientists won the  2004 Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for showing how tiny quark  particles interact, helping to explain everything from how a  coin spins to how the universe was built.
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Two Israelis and an American won the Nobel Prize in  Chemistry yesterday for discovering the method by which cells tag proteins that are defective or have outlived their usefulness and direct them to the cellular machinery that grinds them up into reusable parts.
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A series of X-Prizes for the scientific or technological breakthroughs that tackle the most important challenges facing humans are being planned.