Experience Relativity Firsthand In MIT Video Game That Slows The Speed Of Light

11-11-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow

When light slows to the speed of a stroll, things get very, very strange.

Rare and Iconic Photos of Einstein Celebrate His Nobel Win 90 Years Ago

11-11-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann

Ask anyone to name an iconic scientist and most people will say Albert Einstein.

A Carbon Microthread That Makes Contact with the Mind

11-11-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, By Antonio Regala

An ultrathin electrode spun from a single carbon fiber can record neurons in living animals.

Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: Space Warfare and the Future of U.S. Global Power

11-11-2012 • http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Alfred W. McCoy

It’s 2025 and an American “triple canopy” of advanced surveillance and armed drones fills the heavens from the lower- to the exo-atmosphere.

Good Night, Exoplanet: Baby Name Book to Raise Science Funds

11-10-2012 • http://www.space.com, Staff

When new planets are discovered beyond the solar system, they often get boring designations such as HD 85512b or Gliese 667Cc.

A comparative medicine study identifies new approach to combat viral infections

11-10-2012 • byUniversity of Pennsylvania

When a virus such as influenza invades our bodies, interferon proteins are among the first immune molecules produced to fight off the attack.

Compound in grapes, red wine could be key to fighting prostate cancer

11-10-2012 • byUniversity of Missouri-Columbia

Resveratrol, a compound found commonly in grape skins and red wine, has been shown to have several beneficial effects on human health, including cardiovascular health and stroke prevention.

Study ties obesity-related gene to weaker memory

11-10-2012 • http://medicalxpress.com, by Randy Dotinga

In middle-aged people, a link may exist between weakened memory and genetic traits associated with obesity, raising the possibility that extra pounds change how our brains work, a new study suggests.

Navel Lasers Deployed in Two Years

11-10-2012 • arclein

“We’re well past physics,” Klunder said, echoing a mantra for the Office of Naval Research’s laser specialists. Now, the questions surrounding a weapon once thought to be purely science fiction sound almost pedestrian. “We’re just going through the i

New Malaria Protocol Targets blood Stream

11-10-2012 • arclein

The impact is so acute it kills ninety per cent of the parasites in just three hours and all those tested in laboratory samples of infected human blood cells, within twelve hours.

EEStor's Steady Progress

11-10-2012 • arclein

he still believes that EEStor's achievement of extremely high permittivity (in excess of K=8 million) is the first he is aware of in a commercial environment and in a plant capable of scale production. Mr. Galvagni also advised ZE

How scientists can now 'see' dreams

11-0902912 • Terrence Aym

"I'll See You in My Dreams" is an old song that's much loved. Now scientists have managed to "see" dreams using sophisticated scanner technology.

Scanning the brains of three sleeping people with functional neuroimaging technology, a team

8 Of Stanley Kubrick's Greatest Technological Innovations

11-09-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Ryan White

A new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrates Kubrick's pioneering embrace of cutting-edge technologies, from Steadicams to NASA satellite lenses.

NASA Expected To Unveil New Manned Moon Mission

11-09-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector

President Barack Obama is still in power, which is good news for NASA, whose budget, strategy and missions may have been revised under defeated Republication presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

3D-Printed Rockets Help Propel NASA’s Space Launch System

11-09-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Philippa Warr

Parts for the rocket engines of NASA’s Space Launch System will be created using a method of 3D-printing known as selective laser melting.

How Improved Batteries Will Make Electric Vehicles Competitive

11-09-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bu

It will likely take a decade, but improvements to lithium-ion batteries could lead to much cheaper EVs.

How to boost lithium battery performance – just add crushed silicon

11-09-2012 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Jason Falconer

Researchers at Rice University and Lockheed Martin may have developed a low-cost method of creating longer-lasting, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

Organ-on-a-Chip Mimics Deadly Lung Condition

11-08-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, By Susan Young

The organ-mimicking microdevice may one day reduce the need for animal testing.

Quantum Dots Make Artificial Photosynthesis Last Longer

11-08-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis

Nanoparticles offer a solution to a key problem with splitting water with sunlight to generate hydrogen.

Brain-Reading Bike Helmet Shows How Stressed You Are

11-08-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Madhumita Venkataramanan

If only cyclists and motorists could read each other’s minds. Think how much better it would be out on the road.

Supreme Court Weighing Genetic Privacy

11-08-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets

Supreme Court justices are to meet privately Friday to weigh whether they will hear a major genetic-privacy case testing whether authorities may take DNA samples from anybody arrested for a serious crime.

Starvation Hormone extends Life in Mice

11-08-2012 • arclein

“Prolonged overproduction of the hormone FGF21 causes mice to live extraordinary long lives without requiring a decrease in food intake. It mimics the health benefits of dieting without having to diet,” said co-author Dr. David Mangelsdorf, chairman

Boy, 13, Creates Breakthrough Solar Technology

11-08-2012 • arclein

To his surprise it did. The prototype he constructed significantly out-performed flat solar panels. His research revealed that the spiral model captured as much as 2.5 more hours of sunlight.

A Princeton Neuroscientist PERFECTLY Nailed The Popular Vote

11-07-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com,

You Think Nate Silver Was Impressive? A Princeton Neuroscientist PERFECTLY Nailed The Popular Vote

Gallery: Experts' Favorite Space Photos

11-07-2012 • http://www.space.com,

SPACE.com asked scientists, photographers, authors and space leaders for their favorite space photos.

What’s Inside: Quikrete

11-07-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Patrick Di JustoEmail Aut

No, it’s not a grunge band—it’s a powdery binding agent that mixes with gravel, sand, and water to form the hardened slab we call concrete.

We're tampering with genes to cure a rare metabolic disorder--and that's likely just the beg

11-07-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow

We're tampering with genes to cure a rare metabolic disorder--and that's likely just the beginning.

How Do You Find More Donor Organs? Pay People For Their Body Parts

11-07-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow

Buying and selling organs is illegal, but one Canadian researcher thinks a financial incentive for organ donors is the way to save lives.

Aquatic Amoxicillin for Backup Medication

11-07-2012 • http://www.youtube.com,by SmartSurvival

Fish Mox is an antibiotic for aquariums and fish care. Certain brands of it match that of human consumption medications which could prove as an excellent backup during emergency situations.

Super Fast Water Shedding

11-07-2012 • arclein

a surface covered with tiny bumps or posts just 10 micrometers (millionths of a meter) across, about the size of a red blood cell - and a coating of a lubricant, such as oil. The tiny spaces between the posts hold the oil in place through capillary