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When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness.

The series of Project Mathematics tapes regularly brought the house down at the annual SIGGRAPH video show; these mathematical animations were glowing jewels among the over-produced, techy-commercial animations usually shown at SIGGRAPH.

However, the ability to copy electronic code makes one-time pads vulnerable to hackers.

Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness.

Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between 11 and 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 4 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

This is only the second time that a sample has been collected from inside a rock on Mars.

This 5x photo of a snow crystal, illuminated with colored lights, received an honorable mention in the 2012 Nikon Small World Photomicrophotography Competition.

From the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine , Division of Geriatrics , Department of Anesthesiology , and Department of Physiology , David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; the Division of Biology; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, CA ; and the Department of Medicine, University of ... (more)

On May 16, the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation will host a Distinguished Lecture on the challenges of landing the rover, "Curiosity" on Mars.

Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.

The birth of a black hole may be signalled by a characteristic cosmic flash, according to researchers in the US.

Smog sniffer: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Stanley Sander stands atop the California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing facility at Mount Wilson on Friday.

Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

Scientists investigating the source of the moon's internal water have lifted telltale fingerprints from Apollo-era lunar rocks showing that the liquid may have originated from meteorites bombarding Earth.

NASA's Curiosity rover reaches out in 'handshake' like gesture to welcome the end of solar conjunction and resumption of contact with Earth.

Astro Pak Corporation announced today that the company successfully developed new and improved processes and techniques that will significantly improve its ability to reduce non-volatile residue on a variety of componentry and hardware.

Sixteen-year-old Teresa Woods not only loves learning, she's working hard to ensure other Mother Lode students do too.

The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy will be holding its 16th Annual Meeting from May 15th - May 18th, 2013 in Salt Lake City, UT.

A model of the Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline. Virgin Galactic aims to offer frequent and dedicated commercial space flights at the world's lowest prices.