News New Water-Repellant Fabric Is Like A Second Skin
05-25-2013
popsci.com
A tiny channel of canals directs water away from where it shouldn't be.
News Cloned Human Embryo Study Comes Under Fire
05-25-2013
popsci.com
An anonymous commenter has pointed out four different problems in last week's breakthrough paper.
News This 3-D Printed Bioplastic Windpipe Saved A Baby's Life
05-25-2013
http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
The infant's 3-D printed trachea will fully absorb into his body in two to three years.
News Discovered: Molecule That Triggers Itchiness
05-25-2013
popsci.com
At long last, researchers have identified what happens in the nervous system as an itch begins.
News NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket
05-25-2013
http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep
A look at possible propulsion for NASA's plan to bring an asteroid home for study.
News Student-Built Robots to Race in Mock Mars Rover Challenge
05-25-2013
technewsdaily.com
What does it take to build and command a vehicle capable of exploring Mars? Ninety students from around the world are about to find out.
News JHU researchers account for magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares
05-25-2013
hub.jhu.edu
Turbulence to blame for activity that breaks accepted rule of physics
News These 11 Robot Bartenders Will Get You Drunk
05-24-2013
popsci.com
These robotic bartenders can do everything from mix drinks to evaluate the quality of your wine
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News Robotic Kite Power Could Turn The Sky Into A Wind Farm
05-24-2013
popsci.com
Google's acquisition of a kite power generator manufacturer suggests a strong future for the technology.
News Karmann Ghia EV Driving On Tweets From Kansas To DC, Thanks To Teenagers
05-24-2013
cleantechnica.com
The world is changing fast. Heres a fun story documenting that in various
ways,
News PG&E Unveils Battery Storage System In San Jose, California
05-24-2013
cleantechnica.com
The grid storage space is really starting to heat up.
News New to nature special: the top 10 new species
05-24-2013
guardian.co.uk
From a snail-eating snake to a harp-shaped sponge Quentin Wheeler on whittling down 18,000 new species to 10 favourites
News Wireless bio-absorbable circuits could kill bacteria
05-24-2013
BBC.Com
Remote-controlled, dissolvable electronic implants have been created that could help attack microbes, provide pain relief and stimulate bone growth.
News Next-Generation Consumer
3-D Printer Arrives, but a Lawsuit Looms
05-24-2013
Technologyreview.com
Formlabs is bringing down the costs of a better 3-D printing technique, but it must survive a patent lawsuit.
News Material That Sorts Molecules by Shape Could Lower the Price of Gas
05-24-2013
Technologyreview.com
A hydrocarbon-sorting material could replace energy-intensive oil refining steps.
News ECAT Test Work Excellent and Demonstrates Over Unity
05-24-2013
arclein
hey estimate the extent to which the heat exceeds the limits of chemistry by both the mass of the cell and the volume of the cell. In the first test, they use the entire weight of the inside cell as the starting point, rather than just the powder, as
News How the Elite Plan to Live Forever
05-24-2013
secretsofthefed.com
The eugenicists at The Royal Society, in conjunction with Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy and Royal Academy of Engineering came together this month to discuss the potentials, opportunities and challenges of the melding of man with machin
News Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router
05-24-2013
Mother Nature Network.com
Ninth-graders design science experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on plants. The results may surprise you.
News Solving a semiconductor riddle
05-24-2013
web.mit.edu
New observations of material disprove leading theory about LED brightness, opening new avenues for research.
News Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work
05-24-2013
web.mit.edu
MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.
News Cold-Loving Bacteria Offer Clues for Life on Mars
05-24-2013
space.com
A microbe discovered in the Canadian high Arctic thrives at the coldest temperature known for bacterial growth.
News 500MW from half a gram of hydrogen: The hunt for fusion power heats up
05-24-2013
extremetech.com
Youve heard of the Manhattan Project the Allied research and development program that resulted in two nuclear bombs being dropped on Japan and the end of World War II
News Bobby McFerrin plays... the audience!
05-23-2013
ted.com
In this fun, 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired.
News An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals
05-23-2013
Technologyreview.com
Spacecraft could determine their position anywhere in the solar system to within five kilometres using signals from x-ray pulsars, say astronomers.
News Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope
05-23-2013
newscientist.com
After a series of false dawns, the world's first commercial wave farm is to open soon. Will this be a fresh start for the technology?
Headlines: Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope -- Itch protein may hold key to cure for skin conditions -- An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals -- Bobby McFerrin plays... the audience! -- 500MW from half a gram of hydrogen: The hunt for fusion power heats up -- Cold-Loving Bacteria Offer Clues for Life on Mars -- Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work -- Solving a semiconductor riddle -- Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router -- How the Elite Plan to Live Forever
-- ECAT Test Work Excellent and Demonstrates Over Unity -- Material That Sorts Molecules by Shape Could Lower the Price of Gas
-- Next-Generation Consumer
3-D Printer Arrives, but a Lawsuit Looms
-- Wireless bio-absorbable circuits could kill bacteria -- New to nature special: the top 10 new species -- PG&E Unveils Battery Storage System In San Jose, California
-- Karmann Ghia EV Driving On Tweets From Kansas To DC, Thanks To Teenagers
-- Robotic Kite Power Could Turn The Sky Into A Wind Farm -- These 11 Robot Bartenders Will Get You Drunk -- JHU researchers account for magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares -- Student-Built Robots to Race in Mock Mars Rover Challenge -- NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket -- Discovered: Molecule That Triggers Itchiness -- This 3-D Printed Bioplastic Windpipe Saved A Baby's Life -- Cloned Human Embryo Study Comes Under Fire -- New Water-Repellant Fabric Is Like A Second Skin --