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The border between our physical world and the digital information surrounding us has been getting thinner and thinner.
We live in a world hungry for electricity. New factories, new consumer electronics, new cars fueled by electrons.
Laboratory advances hint at how additive manufacturing technology could change the way some electronic devices are made.
If you have one of those kids who always has a nose buried in a book, here’s a reason to be happy: Scientists say activities at any age that stimulate the brain may help preserve brain power into old age.
There are 10× more bacterial cells in the human body than there are human cells that are part of the human microbiome. Many of those bacteria are in constant, intimate contact with human cells. We sought to establish if bacterial cells insert their o
EEStor believes that relative permittivity of 15,476 and an insulation resistance of 10.7 mega ohms of this initial new material test layer represents a major breakthrough in EEStor, Inc. new dielectric materials. By comparison, a 0.22 micro farad 10
Laboratory advances hint at how additive manufacturing technology could change the way some electronic devices are made.
A mixture of three cell types self-assembles into a liver bud that can be seen with the naked eye.
Spooky stuff is really happening in the world's first commercially available quantum processor.
The European airline industry has seen the future of aviation. It’s sleek and organic, carries a sextet of turbines, and its powertrain works a lot like the Chevrolet Volt.
If you’ve ever had a broken limb, you know how unpleasant a cast can be.
Perpetual flight is going, so get ready for planes that just keep going and going and going...
For DIY biohacker Rich Lee, earbud implants are about more than self-expression: they're also a matter of survival.
Two men known only as the "Boston patients" have both stopped taking their anti-HIV medications following transplants of bone-marrow stem cells that appear to have banished the virus from their bodies.
The latest in high-tech crime-scene investigation is a "fluorescent tag" that can help identify fingerprints on bullets, knives and other metal surfaces by creating images that are accurate to the nanoscale.
Collecting global health data was an imperfect science: Workers tramped through villages to knock on doors and ask questions, wrote the answers on paper forms, then input the data -- and from this gappy information, countries would make huge decision
Are online social media sites like Facebook, Google+ and others as addictive as some drugs like meth?
“Anyone that says, ’Oh, we know that this is perfectly safe,’ I say is either unbelievably stupid, or deliberately lying.
Centre director Johan Rockström explains why we must redefine sustainable development and develop Sustainable Development Goals that link poverty eradication to the protection of Earth's life support.
Nano and laser technology packed into small device tests antibiotic treatment in minutes
An early-stage company aims to commercialize new optical materials for denser data storage and better cancer treatments.
NREL shows that Corning’s Willow glass can be used to make flexible solar cells that could be installed in place of roofing shingles
Here, have a bunch of unsupported assertions, which I know will offend and annoy lots of people who consider themselves scientific (but aren't), while being irrelevant to my usual anti-political theme.
This video and Graham Hancock's "The War on Consciousness" (http://youtu.be/s42vuf0ahU8) were initially released by TED but later withdrawn, and then reposted with significantly constrained availability
A German politician named Malte Spitz filed a suit against T-Mobile for the release of all the metadata from his phone that had been gathered and stored.
The lenses magnify stuff up to 3X. Finally, the future we've been waiting for.
As any 6-year-old boy will tell you, the coolest things in life are giant machines and outer space.
Tools on the ground are helping scientists learn more about the threat solar eruptions on the sun pose to life as we know it on Earth.
All of those antiquated government talking points about the alleged dangers of drinking raw milk have once again been debunked, this time by a series of scientific risk assessments recently published in the Journal of Food Protection.
Justin has been building things since he was a young child. His submarine drew on the knowledge he's acquired over the years.