The new batteries self-destruct when exposed to either heat or liquid. As well as this remarkable property, which adds a covert operations benefit to the environmental advantages, the battery delivers ...

Astronomers rarely get a chance to crack open a planet and see what’s inside, but in two cases a star is doing the job for them, and they’re using that opportunity to understand what makes solar ...

Is this true? "PLANET-DISSOLVING DUST CLOUD IS HEADED TOWARD EARTH!" Supposed to happen on December 1, 2014. Origins: In mid-September 2005, a number of puzzled readers wrote to ask about an article ...

Tiny, wireless, electronic implants that melt away in the body could one day help doctors monitor the brain, new research in rats suggests. Similar devices could be used elsewhere in the body, ...

Before dissolving microneedles can be made widely available, however, clinical studies will have to be done to assure safety and effectiveness. Other vaccine formulation techniques may also be studied ...

When I last spoke to John Rogers from the University of Illinois, we talked about his new “electronic skin” – a patch that can be applied like a temporary tattoo, that monitor heartbeats and brain ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – An office inside the Environmental Protection Agency that provides scientific research informing policy on public health and environmental regulations will soon be shuttered to cut ...