- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 8th, 2015
NASA Technology “Hears” Heartbeats Under Nepal Earthquake Rubble
The technology, developed to search for signs of life on distant planets, has so far helped rescue four survivors
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 7th, 2015
Researchers Put Chocolate in an X-Ray Machine, Because Science
The investigation revealed how and why chocolate sometimes forms that icky white layer on its surface
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 6th, 2015
Artificial Muscle Made from Onions Can Expand, Contract and Even Bend
New research paper details the use of onion cells to engineer artificial muscle behaving just like the real deal
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 5th, 2015
Researchers Create Lenses That Can Turn Smartphones into Microscopes
The lenses are the brainchild of scientists at the University of Houston, can help magnify an image 120 times over
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 29th, 2015
US Military Debuts Self-Guided Bullets Designed to Hit Moving Targets
The bullets rely on a real-time optical guidance system to correct their course, find and hit a moving target
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 27th, 2015
MIT Scientists Imagine High-Tech Homes That Monitor People's Vitals
New wireless sensing technology would allow homes to keep tabs on their inhabitants' breathing and heartbeats
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 22nd, 2015
Atomic Clock Will Not Lose or Gain Be It 1 Second for 15 Billion Years
The astoundingly precise clock is the work of scientists with the US National Institute of Standards and Technology
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 21st, 2015
System Makes People Happy or Sad Simply by Blowing Air at Their Hand
Researchers say stimulating different areas of a person's hand can made them feel a wide range of emotions
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 20th, 2015
Dude Will Live a Full Year on an Iceberg, Watch It Melt Under His Feet
36-year-old Alex Bellini hopes his adventure will help raise awareness about climate change and global warming
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 16th, 2015
Cool Camera Powers Itself, Can Run Indefinitely Without a Battery
The camera is the brainchild of a team of researchers at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 11th, 2015
6-Year-Old Injaz, the World's First Cloned Camel, Is Pregnant
Injaz, cloned from cells taken from a camel that died 4 years before its birth, is said to have conceived naturally
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 9th, 2015
Scientists Find a Way to Slow Light to Merely 180 Km/h (112 Mph)
Unless hindered in some way, light moves at an astounding speed of 1,079,251,200 km/h (670,616,629 mph)
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 7th, 2015
Scientists Want to Make Boots and Surgical Gloves from Prickly Lettuce
Study shows a milky white sap produced by this common plant could serve as a raw material for rubber production
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 6th, 2015
World's Largest Particle Smasher, the LHC, Restarts After 2-Year Break
Just yesterday, April 5, scientists sent a pair of proton beams racing in opposite directions inside the machinery
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 3rd, 2015
Mammoth Particle Smasher, World's Absolute Largest, Ready to Restart
Following a 2-year shutdown for upgrades and maintenance, the Large Hadron Collider is expected to restart this weekend
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 2nd, 2015
Exoskeleton Would Help Us Walk Better by Catapulting Us Off the Ground
Researchers say the exoskeleton has the potential to reduce our energy consumption when walking by about 7%
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 1st, 2015
56-Year-Old Uses His Thoughts Alone to Control High-Tech Bionic Hand
The man used his thoughts to command the bionic hand attached to his body to grad hold of a bottle and a credit card