Scientists left to pick up the pieces over the $250m can that fell ...
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Stunned British and American scientists watched a seven-year dream fall to Earth yesterday at 150mph, potentially smashing the fruits of a $250m mission.
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It could be tiny fibers that may one day replace steel, or catalysts that have led to environmentally friendly plastics. Guessing the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry has often stumped researchers and pundits alike.
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The world's leading center for research into the origins of matter on Wednesday took a giant step toward completion of a 15-year project which scientists hope will unlock many secrets of the universe.
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A hurricane disaster relief package approved last week includes money for fixing communications equipment at NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center.
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OSLO, Norway - Arild Tofte and Kaare Heggdal know that recycling pays, but they weren't quite prepared for the jackpot that a scrapped cash machine contained.  It was still full of cash. Enough to buy a house and take a luxury vacation.
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The damage done to trees by the October Surprise storm was heart- wrenching, and it was clear from the beginning that many resources would have to be pooled to help the urban forest recover. That effort got a huge boost recently, HSBC Bank sent $100,000 to the Olmsted ReLeaf campaign.
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REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Their first attempt to send science projects into space was destroyed in the Columbia shuttle wreck. Now, some high school students from across the country get to try again.
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Optimistic scientists on Thursday plucked dirt and mud from a mangled capsule which crashed in the Utah desert, hoping to find enough solar dust to yield clues about the dawn of the planetary system.
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An art collection worth more than 4 million that was thought to have been lost more than 50 years ago has been discovered by chance as museum staff struggled to save paintings from a flood.
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Some material has been found still intact inside the crashed Genesis space capsule, say Nasa scientists.
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Some science may have been lost as the Genesis space capsule landed in the Utah desert with a thud. But there might be a glimmer of good news in the failed NASA mission.
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A massive clear-up is taking place after flooding damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Science & environment: Scientists look for uses for highly toxic material amid fears huge stockpiles may become terrorist targets
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Scientists are now optimistic some valuable data can be salvaged from the wrecked capsule of the solar mission.
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Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface.
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A top NASA official said Thursday that scientists examining the remains of the crashed Genesis space capsule have peeked inside a broken canister containing atoms from the sun and seen some intact collection plates, although others have probably been pureed to dust.
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Scientists tried to pry apart a mangled NASA space capsule in hopes of salvaging its precious cargo of solar atoms Thursday, a day after the saucer-shaped probe crashed in the Utah desert.