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Scientists create particles that are “nearly” alive

, Feb 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

A group of scientists have created a new synthesized particle in the laboratory that is able to act in a lifelike way. The researchers are quick to say that particles aren't truly alive, but they are able to behave in lifelike ways when exposed to light and fed by chemicals. When exposed to light and fed by chemicals the crystals are able to move, clump together, break apart, and reform. Read The Full Story

$1.35 billion grant for graphene development targets “strongest material ever”

, Feb 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists have been talking up the potential of super-material graphene for years now, though dedicated efforts to actually exploit the material are only now really beginning to take off. Nokia has announced that the Graphene Flagship Consortium, of which it's perhaps the best known member, has secured a $1.35 billion grant to help develop practical applications of graphene. Read The Full Story

Turns out Earth isn’t so habitable after all

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists have been rethinking the so-called Goldilocks zone commonly used to roughly estimated if a planet is habitable. The Goldilocks zone is the area around the solar system where the temperature would be just right for liquid water on the planet's surface. The problem is a refreshing of the Goldilocks zone definition has pushed some planets previously believed to be in the habitable zone outside that range. Read The Full Story

Fossilized shark poo hides 270 million-year-old tapeworm eggs

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

Check out this beautiful, red and black, 270 million-year-old fossil. It's a shark turd. No, seriously, it's fossilized shark poop. I wonder how you go about finding fossilized shark fecal matter. Even though the fossil is 270 million years old, do you need use hand sanitizer after touching it? Read The Full Story

Tobii X2-60 Eye Trackers launch aimed at the research community

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

Tobii is a company that has been creating eye-tracking technology for a long time. The company has announced the launch of its latest generation of eye tracking technology called the Tobii X2 Eye Trackers. The eye tracking technology is designed to be highly portable and more affordable for researchers to integrate into research projects. Read The Full Story

Civil War submarine may have been destroyed by its own torpedo

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

During the Civil War, the Confederate army fielded a submarine called the H.L. Hunley. After sinking an enemy ship called the USS Housatonic in 1864, the submarine disappeared after signaling a successful mission. Exactly what caused the Confederate submarine to sink has remained a mystery. Read The Full Story

DARPA wants electronics that die on command

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

DARPA is working on a new program designed to improve electronics for use on the battlefield. The improvements aren't to make the electronics more durable or to last longer. Rather, the improvements DARPA is seeking are ways to make the electronics kill themselves on command. Read The Full Story

Ford, Daimler and Renault-Nissan team on fuel-cell cars by 2017

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Ford, Daimler AG, and the Renault-Nissan alliance will jointly a develop a fuel-cell system for eco-conscious motoring, with the first mass-market, "affordable" model tipped for 2017. The pact - which follows a similar agreement by BMW and Toyota, also concerning fuel-cell technology - will see a single fuel-cell stack and system that will form the basis of a new range of cars from each marque, with the same underlying technology rebranded to suit different consumer segments. Read The Full Story

Scientists create tractor beam that uses light to attract objects

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tractor beams have been common in science fiction for decades. Fans of science fiction such as Star Trek or Star Wars will be familiar with the tractor beam. The tractor beam and popular science fiction is a beam of light able to reach out and grab a spaceship or other object and pull it towards the captors. Read The Full Story

Hot cities make for bad weather neighbors say researchers

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

A rogue butterfly may flaps its wings and cause a hurricane a continent away, but waste heat from cities is causing widespread climate change closer to home and on a regular basis, new research suggests. Burning fossil fuels to heat cities and power the cars on their streets has a heating and cooling effect on areas thousands of miles around, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado claims, with atmospheric circulation change causing fluctuations of up to 2-degrees Fahrenheit remotely from the city itself. Read The Full Story

Android and iOS “duopoly” monopolizes 92% of global smartphones in Q4

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Android and iOS dominated 92-percent of smartphones shipping in Q4 2012, according to new statistics, though Google's OS was the undeniable platform king in what "has effectively become a duopoly." Sales in the smartphone industry were up 38-percent year on year, according to Strategy Analytics, but it's primarily a win for Google and Apple, with near half a billion Android devices alone shipped in 2012 as a whole. Read The Full Story

Dung beetle rolls balls of poo by navigating via the Milky Way

, Jan 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Dung beetles are rather disgusting little bugs. They live off the excrement of other animals. Not only do they eat the poo, they also roll it into balls. While I've never considered how a dung beetle would actually go about creating its ball of feces, apparently the insects use a remarkable method. Read The Full Story
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