WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama hosted the White House science fair Tuesday and called for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success.

The anatomy of a hit song has remained a mystery to researchers looking to dissect what makes some songs soar to the top of the charts and others land with an embarrassing flop. Thus far, figuring out what qualities may link very different ...

(GlobeNewswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) POWAY, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brooks Life Science Systems, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation solutions for compound and ...

George Pess at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle is one of the most experienced scientists at work on the Elwha River restoration effort -- with more than a decade of field work under his belt leading baseline monitoring work ...

In its battle against a sluggish economy, Japan's government is gearing up to make cost savings through a root-and-branch reform of the country's science system, merging some of its most prominent research organizations. Plans approved by the government's ...