In a recent poll, in which 10,000 people got the chance to have their say, the X-ray machine was voted as the most important innovation of the century. More than 50,000 votes were recorded in the Science Museum of London inquiry, which saw X-rays defeat things like penicillin and steam engine. All of the ten objects came from areas of research such as science, engineering, technology and medicine, and the goal of the poll was to promote Science to the masses, and make it more interesting, the BBC News reports. Further details on all the items are available at the SML.One of the main reasons why X-rays were considered to be so groundbre... [read more >>] Every one of you who has ever gone to the circus knows the thrills of taking a ride into the haunted house. There are fake, plastic skeletons, and eerie ghost sounds, and canned blood and whatnot, and all these elements contribute to a “scary” ambiance. But, if you are looking for real thrills, or, as critics say, as real as ghost stories can ever be, you should probably ask scientists at the Goldsmith College in London and architect Usman Haque about letting you in on a ride in their haunted house.You see, in an attempt to verify whether paranormal experiences can be artificially induced, or whether a long-since-departed spirit... [read more >>] The internationally renowned Dutch electronics company Philips has recently announced the creation of a new research platform that uses the sense of touch to bring cinematic experiences to the next level. The Philips Emotions Jacket relies on using the body's largest organ, the skin, for relaying the stimuli that characters receive on the screen right to the audiences. The Jacket is the first to be dedicated exclusively to making the skin part of the action, as previous devices only focus on the eyes and the ears, PhysOrg reports. A part of the company's wider “sensory experiences” program, the Philips Emotions Jacke... [read more >>] According to a respected Old Testament scholar, it may be that the beginning of the Book of Genesis from the Bible has been mistranslated continuously ever since the book was made available in languages other than ancient Hebrew. Professor Ellen van Wolde, who is also a respected author, adds that the sentence “In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth” is not an accurate translation of the meaning in the ancient texts, and that the correct translation would more closely resemble “In the beginning God separated the Heaven and the Earth.” She reveals that the Hebrew verb “bara” does not in fac... [read more >>] Urban architects undoubtedly have something special of their own, a fact that has been evidenced numerous times by the wide array of improvements and reconversions they brought to seemingly decrepit and abandoned structures. San Francisco architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello one day took a look at the San Francisco Bay Bridge, which simply lies around abandoned, and decided that it could do with a reconversion. What came out of their brainstorming sessions is, arguably, a thing of science-fiction, with the only difference that it's actually doable. “This proposal seeks to demonstrate the potential for re-purposing t... [read more >>] A team of scientists has found another use for wireless networks, other than transmitting data from one terminal to another. According to a research paper it just made public, wireless technology can be used to reveal what's going on behind closed doors, or through a wall. The team, based at the University of Utah, in the United States, says that its modifications rely on the variations that radio signals exhibit while circulating in these networks. Its new monitoring tool can keep track of how people move in the room, which could be of great assistance to law enforcement forces. The new process has been entitled variance-based radio ... [read more >>]
Experts at the University of Warwick have recently devised a new class of high-tech foams, when they have realized that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying drastically modifies their internal structure. Chemists and engineers at the university report that the new materials could have a wide range of possible, real-life applications, including in creating new types of low-power room temperature gas sensors. Details of the innovation appear in a paper entitled “Conducting Nanocomposite Polymer Foams from Ice-Crystal-Templated Assembly of Mixtures of Colloids,” which ma... [read more >>] Ever since lighter-than-air crafts have been discovered, they have been used for a variety of purposes, ranging from transporting passengers in luxury conditions to bombing enemy targets. Now, thanks to a new US Army project, aerostats could again be employed in combat, but this time as detectors, trackers and destroyers of cruise missiles. Dubbed the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, the new platform will be able to efficiently destroy cruise missiles, which are known for their ability to change direction and to fly low and slow, Space informs. Conversely, ballistic missiles can only be set on pre-determined ... [read more >>] In a surprising turn of events, experts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the same involved in the creation of the first atomic bomb, have announced the creation of radio transmitters that incorporate a radio wave source that moves faster than the speed of light (superluminally). Behind the amazing achievement has been a team led by John Singleton, who managed to figure out the basic principle required to make a phenomenon such as radio waves move faster than what Einstein said was an unsurpassed constant.However, speaking recently in interviews, Singleton pointed out the fact that there was nothing about the current experiment ... [read more >>] For the first time ever, researchers from the Yale University have demonstrated a solid-state quantum processor, made of a two-qubit superconducting chip. The team behind the accomplishment also managed to run a few basic operations on the machine, such as a search query. Their work takes a major step forward in creating quantum processors for multiple applications that have the potential to essentially revolutionize the world. Details of the new device appeared in the June 28th advanced online issue of the journal Nature.“Our processor can perform only a few very simple quantum tasks, which have been demonstrated before with single n... [read more >>] | 
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