A new breed of prototype automobile can drive without the help of unreliable humans, and major car companies are paying attention.

Bacteria bright enough to see with the naked eye won the coveted BioBrick at this year's International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.

Household robots could be a means for spying, vandalism  and psychological attacks, according to a study presented at the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing.

In a modern-day rendition of beating swords into plowshares, a pair of unmanned military aircraft have been turned over to NASA for research on Earth's environment.

In 2011, the last rivet should be in place on the International Space Station, but NASA’s complex endeavour isn’t the only giant engineering project humans are working on.

Aluminum and water is usually a boring combination, but light a mixture of nanoaluminum and ice and the results are explosive.

Forget the unmistakable chlorine “pool smell.” Some of Minnesota’s pools are going green to stay clean — by relying on sphagnum moss to purify the water.

Aerospace engineers have designed a hovering craft that mimics the spiraling pattern made by maple tree seeds.

When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase.

Hurricanes leave their mark with more than just wind damage and flooded lives. According to new research in the North Atlantic Ocean, these powerful storms also make a small but detectable mark on the rhythm of the Earth's background noise.