After two years of delays, Boeing Co. says the long-anticipated first flight of its new 787 jetliner could come as early as Tuesday.
Boeing Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the first tests on engines for its 747-8 freighter, moving the delay-plagued jet one step closer to a flight test.
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
All but one of the 19 largest banks have raised the extra capital cushion regulators said they'd need to withstand a deeper recession — a sign, the Treasury secretary said, of how much the financial system has improved since the crisis began.
President Barack Obama is making the need for parent involvement personal, citing his own daughter's classroom challenges.
The Army made critical mistakes in tests of a new body armor design, according to congressional investigators who recommend an independent review of the trials before the gear is issued to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.
The U.S. government will begin subjecting 2011 cars to a new battery of tougher crash tests that will likely produce lower test scores. But that does not mean cars will be any less safe.
The Georgia Professional Standards Commission has temporarily suspended the teaching licenses of two DeKalb County educators accused in a cheating scandal.
Bone tests will be performed on soccer players at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria to catch teams with over-age players.
A new generation of blood tests can quickly and reliably show if a person is having a heart attack soon after chest pains start — a time when current tests are not definitive, two studies found.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning diabetes patients that certain blood sugar tests can give inaccurate results in patients taking other medications.
Small in stature, a group of 2009 two-door cars are providing good safety value to car shoppers, according to crash tests released Tuesday.
News agencies say Russia has successfully tested its second submarine-launched ballistic missile in as many days.
Cycling's governing body says all 180 riders expected to start the Tour de France — plus one — have undergone planned pre-race blood tests.
No news isn't necessarily good news for patients waiting for the results of medical tests. The first study of its kind finds doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal cancer screenings and other test results 1 out of 14 times.
The Federal Reserve says plans submitted by 10 banks to bolster their capital cushions are enough to help them survive a deeper recession.
The World Anti-Doping Agency will explain its methods of retrospective testing to European Union officials as part of an ongoing debate over privacy issues.
The government's long-awaited "stress-test" results show the financial system, like the overall economy, is healing but not yet healed.
Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley said Thursday they'll try to raise billions in fresh capital, becoming the first major banks to scramble for money after the government said 10 large financial institutions need $75 billion in new funds.
Five of the nation's largest regional banks are vulnerable to a worsening recession and need to raise a total $8.2 billion in new capital based on results of government "stress tests" released Thursday.
Here are the results of the government's stress tests of financial companies with at least $100 billion in assets. Of the 19 companies tested to see how they could handle a worsening economy, 10 were found to need more capital. Here's how much capital they need and where they would see the most losses under the government's worst-case scenario:
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said he hopes the bank "stress tests" will help the "healing process" for Wall Street and the economy. Hope springs eternal.
Leaked results of the government's stress tests of 19 large banks are boosting investor confidence in the financial sector. American Express Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. will not be asked to raise more capital when federal officials announce the test results Thursday afternoon, but Regions Financial Corp. will need to bolster its reserves, according to people briefed on the results. The people requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the results.