Investors snapped up shares of A123 Systems in their debut Thursday, showing willingness to overlook millions of dollars in losses and make a bet that next-generation battery technology will propel the cars and trucks of the future. ...more

September 25, 2009

Japan and other nations are hopeful robotics will provide a solution for their growing labor shortage problem as populations age. ...more

March 12, 2009

The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago. ...more

October 6, 2008

Researchers at California Institute of Technology have developed a "microscope on a chip" using an inexpensive magnifying system that relies on a light-sensing chip instead of lenses to achieve the power of a conventional microscope. ...more

August 2, 2008

Scientists working to help astronauts regain balance after extended flights in zero gravity say they have found a way to use the research to help elderly people avoid catastrophic falls. ...more

August 1, 2008

Researchers have discovered two planets in a solar system 5,000 light-years away that appears to be structured in some important ways like our own. ...more

February 15, 2008

As rapper Kanye West demonstrated on Sunday night's Grammy broadcast, bringing some light on the subject of clothes can create quite an impression. ...more

February 14, 2008

Latoya Patrick, 19, of Brooksville, is excited about her graduation at the Institute of Technology, West Campus, on Sunday. She was among the 28 graduates from Pasco and Hernando counties to receive their home health care and certified nursing assistant certificates. Here, some graduates shake off nervousness and get ready for the ceremony, including (from left behind Patrick) Simone Callum of Brooksville, Nicole Danese of Spring Hill, Emily Tzobanakis of Spring Hill, Erica Kincade of Brooksville and Farrah Badger of Brooksville. ...more

January 22, 2008

Scientists on Saturday dissected a coelacanth, a species of fish known as a living fossil, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Yokohama campus, the first such dissection in the country since 1989, with Prince Akishino, an expert on catfish, looking on. ...more

December 23, 2007

Developing techniques for responding to hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters will be the focus of a new think tank at the Florida Institute of Technology. ...more

December 17, 2007