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In ancient times, and throughout most of human history, night used to be truly dark, and thus ideal for sleeping. While it's true, of course, that the sun still sets every evening, most of us are exposed to a barrage of artificial light sources all
DEVICE THAT HELPS BLIND PEOPLE SEE WITH THEIR TONGUES JUST WON FDA APPROVAL
Robotics experts have developed microrobotic tentacles that can be the hands and fingers of small robots designed to safely handle delicate objects.
We now have more insights into how the clean-tech economy is doing from this year's sixth annual US Clean Tech Leadership Index. The index, prepared by Clean Edge, a research and indexing firm founded in 2000, tracks and ranks clean-tech activi
Biologists have use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs' demise.
Earlier this month, SpaceX carried out a successful test of the Crew Dragon's Launch Abort System (LAS), which would carry the capsule to safety in the event of an emergency.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully test fired a 3D printed platinum alloy thruster combustion chamber and nozzle.
Lightning path remains unpredictable, but at a smaller scale, discharges between two electrodes can be guided by laser beams. Scientists have discovered a way to guide electric discharges -- and even steer them around obstacles -- through the clever
Today (June 21) marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
A simple and relatively cheap graphene upgrade has the potential to boost the speeds of future computer processors beyond current limits, according to research presented this week at the Symposia
We live in a world where diverting lightning strikes with the help of lasers is already more or less a reality.
Packing food with nutrients, vitamins and other supplements to improve our health sounds like a simple enough idea, but protecting them as they pass through the digestive system isn't all that easy.
Fortified by two glasses of brandy and the company of friends, YouTube user DaveT sits in a kitchen about to perform a homespun "procedure" on the tooth which has been troubling him for over a week.
When Stephen Hawking talks, a laser pointed at his face detects whether he's moving one of the only muscles he still has control over as a computer cycles through individual letters of the alphabet, determining what he's trying to say.
Since late 2012, the Department of Homeland Security has been evaluating small drones for public safety applications. One of the sites for the testing program is an urban obstacle course dubbed "Liberty City."
Aloe vera is a popular succulent plant with a rich history. Aside from its beauty and ease of care, aloe vera is often used as an herbal remedy.
Armor can be light, durable, and effective, but rarely all three at the same time. New research from the University of Texas Austin has a new solution: a honeycomb shape, but one durable enough to reform after impact.
New airport technology unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week by French company Thales promises robots to replace immigration officers.
Someday, treating patients with nanorobots could become standard practice to deliver medicine specifically to parts of the body affected by disease. But merely injecting drug-loaded nanoparticles might not always be enough to get them where they need
A new study finds that the recent spike in triggered earthquakes in Oklahoma is primarily due to the injection of wastewater produced during oil production.
In a recent interview, famous futurologist and transhumanist Ray Kurzweil predicted that humans would become technological "hybrids", or more accurately, cyborgs.
The last few years have been transformational for IT organizations long accustomed to their role as the main purveyors of enterprise technology needs.
A team of Chinese physicists has developed a new variety of light-based propulsion system with the ability to harness much greater forces than a conventional solar sail. The key, according to the Nankai University-based group, is in swapping out the
If neutrinos had personalities, they'd be known best for their aloofness. These tiny particles, which can travel almost as fast as the speed of light, don't have much regard for matter; they sail right on through walls and buildings and planets.
When most people think of the Arabian peninsula, they think of the opulent man-made islands of Dubai and that city's sparking, futuristic towers, or the World Cup stadiums rising from the desert in Qatar.
"Brain to text" study could lead to humans talking to machines via thought alone
Political partisanship is rooted in affective, physiological processes that cause partisans to toe the party line on policies and issues, regardless of policy content, new research shows
Scientists report the development of two novel devices that derive power directly from evaporation -- a floating, piston-driven engine that generates electricity causing a light to flash, and a rotary engine that drives a miniature car.
This brilliant teen created tests with an experimental colon cancer vaccine that proved 100 percent effective in tests on young mice.
Scientists have demonstrated -- for the first time -- an on-chip visible light source using graphene, an atomically thin and perfectly crystalline form of carbon, as a filament.
