A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital’s halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and ...

NASA’s third annual Summer of Innovation (SOI) project is underway. The project is providing hands-on learning opportunities for middle school students and educators through NASA-unique science, ...

Fiscal year (FY) 2012 ended on a high note for NASA with the successful landing of the rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars in August. Over the next several years, Curiosity will explore the Red ...

On Nov. 18, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space agency will get $17.8 billion -- that's $648 million less than last year's ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Missississippi -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., broke its own record Friday when it conducted a test on the new J-2X powerpack. The test lasted for 1,150 ...

“NASA participation in FIRST puts us on the cutting edge with the leaders of tomorrow,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. “NASA's FIRST volunteers have given tens of thousands of students a ...

NASA scientists took time on Wednesday (Nov. 28) to soothe 2012 doomsday fears, warning against the dark side of Mayan apocalypse rumors — frightened children and suicidal teens who truly fear the ...

NASA may only consume 0.5 percent of the federal budget, but it generates practically all of Uncle Sam's viral marketing buzz. Never was that more apparent than on Monday morning following the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials have confirmed that earth was nearly hit by a huge solar flare back in 2012. The close call happened on July 23, 2012 but we just managed to escape, thanks to ...

Spinoff 2012 offers a close-up look at how NASA's initiatives in aeronautics and space exploration have resulted in commercial technologies with benefits across the economy: health and medicine, ...