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Hydrogen often is seen as the answer to lessening the world's dependence on petroleum-based fuels.

A good memory and YouTube helped Raymond Caldwell land an ideal couple as his star-crossed lovers in the Texas Shakespeare Festival.

Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and chief executive, officially returned to work Monday after a five-month medical leave.

Rumbling and swaying in northern Delaware... An earthquake Wednesday morning is being evaluated by the Delaware Geological Survey at the University of Delaware in Newark.

The First State celebrates Independence Day with flair. Herea s a rundown of some of the areaa s biggest events.

A special monograph of the British Journal of Educational Psychology , published this month, highlights the very latest psychological research into the teaching and learning of writing.

Six billion pounds of chicken feathers are put to waste every year in the U.S. alone, and now developers are trying to find a way to put those feathers to good use.

Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California and The Beatles owned the airwaves when Maj.

NEED a cheap way to store hydrogen? Put chicken feathers in your tank. The unlikely material may one day compete with more high-tech solutions such as carbon nanotubes for storing hydrogen for fuel-cell-powered vehicles.

June 25, 2009 -- Over 1 million Americans have had swine flu, the CDC estimates.

The Foundation for Physical Therapy, Alexandria, Va, board of trustees recently awarded a total of $210,000 in promotion of doctoral studies scholarships to 19 PTs.

An 18-year-old New Castle man was gunned down during an attempted robbery in the Christiana Village neighborhood in Christiana early Thursday.

June 25, 2009 -- A small but passionate group met at the University of Virgin Islands St.

GEORGETOWN --Amidst the lush, green fields and tall, shady trees of central Sussex County, a group of dedicated business people, politicians and volunteers gathered to discuss things about the county they know, cherish and want to share with the rest of the world.

Scientists in Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method -- carbonized chicken feather fibers -- that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a far lower cost than other hydrogen storage systems under consideration.

Jeff Fitts and Jerry Pietroforte use their extensive real estate experience to help manage the investment bank's bankruptcy.

The human brain benefits from taking breaks, but a computer can go strong all day.

Apple must disclose whether CEO Steve Jobs has had a liver transplant if he returns to work this month in the role of chief executive officer, corporate governance experts have said.

Washington, June 21 : Your computer can be put to good use even when its not in use, for now it's possible to donate the idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis, and breast cancer.

Through the University of Delaware's "Docking@Home" project, led by Michela Taufer, assistant professor of computer and information sciences, and supported by the National Science Foundation, more than 6,000 volunteers worldwide are donating their computer's idle time to perform scientific calculations that will aid in creating new and improved ...