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Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs

Hospitals see wave of products to fight superbugs; penalties loom if patients catch infections

Thursday - 05/02/2013, 02:18pm EDT
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Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole

Hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole: Cyclone eye is 1,250 miles wide, cloud speed 330 mph

Thursday - 05/02/2013, 01:14pm EDT

Logging halted after damage to archaeological site

Logging halted after utility workers damage American Indian archaeological sites in California

Thursday - 05/02/2013, 11:20am EDT

Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement

Scientists find evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown, America's 1st permanent English colony

Thursday - 05/02/2013, 04:50am EDT

Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger

National agency: Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger across West

Wednesday - 05/01/2013, 07:59pm EDT

EPA methane report further divides fracking camps

EPA report that lowers methane-leak estimates further divides fracking camps

Wednesday - 05/01/2013, 03:02am EDT

Bay restoration goals one-quarter to one-third met

Chesapeake Bay restoration goals one-quarter to one-third met

Tuesday - 04/30/2013, 03:40pm EDT

Archaeologists plan more digs at Richard III site

British archaeologists plan to exhume second tomb at site where Richard III's skeleton found

Tuesday - 04/30/2013, 10:50am EDT

Study: Climate change could affect D.C. water supply

A new study finds climate change could cut stream flows in the Potomac River basin, a major source of drinking water in the Washington region.

Tuesday - 04/30/2013, 07:50am EDT

Obama: Cuts means US could lose years of research

Obama says spending cuts could force US to lose out on years of scientific research

Monday - 04/29/2013, 06:00pm EDT

Damaged Russian ship docks with space station

Damaged Russian cargo ship docks with International Space Station

Monday - 04/29/2013, 05:20pm EDT

Researchers track evolution of Philly's odd accent

Researchers track the 'northernization' of Philly's unusual accent; 'wooder' becoming 'water'

Monday - 04/29/2013, 05:20pm EDT

Kenneth Appel dies, used computer on map question

Kenneth Appel, who used computer to solve century-old map question, dies at 80

Monday - 04/29/2013, 02:38pm EDT

Stink bug stench in feed doesn't transfer to milk

Drink up: USDA study finds that stink bug odor compounds in cattle feed don't transfer to milk

Monday - 04/29/2013, 11:39am EDT

Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast

Rising sea level clearly evident along undeveloped stretch of South Carolina coast

Monday - 04/29/2013, 10:07am EDT

Nets, harpoons could be used to haul in space junk

Experts propose using nets, harpoons to save satellites worth $100 billion from space junk

Sunday - 04/28/2013, 05:10pm EDT

It really is monkey-see, monkey-do, research shows

Social animals follow food trends: Even whales exhibit monkey-see, monkey-do behavior

Sunday - 04/28/2013, 04:04pm EDT

Ohioans promoting Richter scale developer legacy

Ohioans want to preserve legacy of earthquake magnitude scale's developer, Richter

Sunday - 04/28/2013, 04:04pm EDT

Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes treatment

Hormone spurs creation of insulin-making cells, raising hopes for potential against diabetes

Sunday - 04/28/2013, 04:04pm EDT

Shock Trauma honors organ donor, medical teams

The University of Maryland Medical Center's trauma center is celebrating a gift that transformed the lives of six people and made possible the most extensive full-face transplant yet.

Sunday - 04/28/2013, 02:09am EDT
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