• Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • March 26th, 2014
Alien: Isolation Will Use Good Balancing to Keep Players Scared, Says Developer

Alien: Isolation Will Use Good Balancing to Keep Players Scared, Says Developer

The team wants to make sure the creature is always scary

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • September 26th, 2012
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Aims to Create Emotion and Tension

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Aims to Create Emotion and Tension

The game also seeks to balance human and alien factions

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 29th, 2010
Cascadia Seismic Zone Gets New Monitoring Equipment

Cascadia Seismic Zone Gets New Monitoring Equipment

It is vastly under-researched, some say

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 4th, 2009
New Tool Can Forecast Large Tremors

New Tool Can Forecast Large Tremors

It relies on analyzing stresses

  • Sci Pry
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 8th, 2008
A Smart Bolt Shows You When It's Tightened

A Smart Bolt Shows You When It's Tightened

Smartbolt features a visual tension indicator

  • Health
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • November 21st, 2008
How Tears Work

How Tears Work

Understanding the phenomenon could lead to better eye treatments

  • How to
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 23rd, 2008
How Truck Weighing Works

How Truck Weighing Works

Types of vehicle weighing systems

Self-propelling Oil Could Produce Synthetic Life

Self-propelling Oil Could Produce Synthetic Life

Droplets of oil in water can propel themselves in water

Mystery of Oil Drop In Water Pumping Like a Beating Heart

Mystery of Oil Drop In Water Pumping Like a Beating Heart

Simple experiment, no explanation found until recently