There's gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it's a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world.

A U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs forensics report released last week, "Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans," revealed that, after many years of disbelief, Gulf War illness is real and the result of neurotoxic exposures during the war

Forensic detective work has successfully matched DNA samples recovered from remains in a cathedral grave with hairs retrieved from a book the scholar priest is known to have owned.

It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.

Silicon anodes are great power storage devices in accumulator batteries, but are quickly pulverized by expansion. A research team has now developed a new method for the production of a porous silicon anode that can withstand this strain.

A new USB 3.0 specification has been released to developers. The new spec increases data transfer rates from USB 2.0's 480 Mbps to the USB 3.0's 4.8 Gbps while utilizing the same connectors and being backward compatible. Expected in mid- to late-2009.

The STS-126 mission is set to launch at 7:55 p.m. EST tonight on a mission to prep the International Space Station for expanded crews

A novel drug that enables the production of normal proteins from mutated DNA might one day help people with a variety of genetic diseases. The drug has shown promise as a treatment for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy.

The goal is 10 cents per watt, and Hyperion believes its small-scale plants are a big step in that direction. The small energy modules were originally designed by Otis "Pete" Peterson and other scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Computer scientists have built a beauty machine that, with the press of a button, turns a picture of your own ordinary face into that of a cover model. Its output is currently limited to digitized images, the software may be able to guide plastic surgeons