A new paper outlines a detection system for the rapid identification and diagnosis of agricultural pathogens as a way of deterring agroterrorism.
A University of Southern California inventor has created a machine that can produce 3-dimensional "printouts" in plastic and even metal more quickly and cheaply than widely-used existing systems.
NASA's Project Prometheus recently reached an important milestone with the first successful test of an engine that could lead to revolutionary propulsion capabilities for space exploration missions throughout the solar system and beyond.
India is pushing ahead with its ambitious space programme while casting an envious eye at neighbouring China, which is on the verge of becoming the third nation to put a man into orbit, analysts say.
The US government is considering stationing defensive missiles in a number of European countries against a potential attack from Iran according to a report in a German newspaper.
India, which runs a fledgling space program, does not foresee an Asian space race emerging, even though China is about to send a man into orbit for the first time.
The U.S. state department rejected a property rights claim to a near earth asteroid by a U.S. based space development company according to this press release.
The author argues that the technology and economics of space-based solar power are approaching feasibility.
Japan has announced that it intends to launch a second pair of spy satellites that will boost its surveillance of missiles in hardline communist North Korea.
A group at MIT has launched a new site, "Government Information Awareness", devoted to "reverse" surveillance of government agencies and the people involved.