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Newly discovered molecule might help curb global warming

Shane McGlaun, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [9]

Apparently, a new molecule has been discovered floating around in the atmosphere that has the ability to possibly fight global warming. Researchers from the University of Manchester Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories in the US have detected the new molecule that has been dubbed Criegee biradicals. Read The Full Story

Phobos-Grunt crashes into the Pacific Ocean

Shane McGlaun, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [5]

If you have been following the drama surrounding Russia's failed attempt to send a probe dubbed Phobos-Grunt to the moon, the saga is now over. The probe failed to reach an orbit that would allow the massive scientific tool to start its trip to the Red Planet. The probe instead started to fall back to Earth. With so many factors contributing to where something falling back to Earth from Space might land, no one knew exactly where Phobos-Grunt would hit. Read The Full Story

Cockroach RoboBugs could be coming soon — espionage at its finest

Cory Gunther, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

These might not be interstellar cockroaches like we saw on Men in Black but they are what many call RoboBugs, or Cyborg bugs. Since cockroaches are basically indestructible and seem to live forever what better bug to make our robobugs with right? You might not know much about this but scientists have been working on these type of bomb-sniffers, espionage, and search and rescue bugs for long time and might have finally made a break-through. Read The Full Story

IBM creates atomic storage device with only 12 atoms

Shane McGlaun, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The technology world is always marching on, and a big push is to make things like computers and storage systems smaller, faster, and higher capacity. That can get to be very tricky though with processes used for microprocessors and other tech already working at the nanometer level. IBM has created a new method of storing data, creating a storage device that needs an amazingly tiny number of atoms. Read The Full Story

Fit pill could treat obesity and related disorders

Shane McGlaun, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [5]

If you watch the health reports on the news or read any health related material online or in print and you will generally run across some articles that are talking about the obesity epidemic in America and other countries. There are a number of health issues that come from being overweight and many of them can be lethal if not treated. One of the best treatments for the obese and the disorders that go with being overweight is exercise. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm Tricorder X prize offers $10M to inventor of real tricorder

Shane McGlaun, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

The stuff of science fiction decades ago has a way of becoming science fact as time rolls on. Sometimes what it takes to get engineers and researchers into the mood to invent is a nice competition along the lines of the Ansari X Prize that resulted in the tech that Virgin Galactic is using in its future fleet of spacecraft to take passengers into space to enjoy weightlessness. Read The Full Story

Doomsday Clock clicks minute closer to global destruction

Chris Davies, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [18]

Oh dear; while we were marveling at big TVs, tiny phones and all the other excess CES 2012 has to offer, scientists decided we were another step closer to doomsday. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted their Doomsday Clock one minute closer to midnight this week, a symbolic warning that humanity is one step closer to global disaster. Pushing us to the precipice are "inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and proliferation, and continuing inaction on climate change." Read The Full Story

Stephen Hawking misses 70th birthday celebration due to illness

Shane McGlaun, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [3]

One of the most famous scientists in the world is Professor Stephen Hawking. The wheelchair-bound Hawking suffers from the disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was diagnosed at 21 and at the time people afflicted with the condition weren't expected to live more than two years after diagnosis. Hawking recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Read The Full Story

NeuVax E-75 cancer vaccine halves recurrence rate says US army

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

US Army researchers may have found a vaccine that significantly reduces the recurrence of cancer and could, with more work, eventually help prevent colon, prostate and lung cancer altogether. The drug, currently known as E-75 or NeuVax, has been found to cut in half the recurrence rate in women who have recovered from breast cancer, The Daily reports, as well as seemingly proving effective across a far greater number of patients than existing cancer medication. Read The Full Story

Ford working on a better Segway

Chris Davies, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ford has announced plans for a new Silicon Valley R&D center to come up with a better alternative to the Segway or other "personal mobility experience" concepts, as well as integrating mobile tech better with its SYNC in-car infotainment system. The San Francisco lab, set to open later this year, will look at "a holistic approach to personal transportation" as well as how the car can be transformed into a sensor, sharing information such as when windshield wipers are turned on to track hyper-local weather and other trends. Meanwhile, Ford has also begun distributing its open-source collaboration with Bug Labs, announced last year. Read The Full Story

Scientists stop the clock, making an event unseen

Christen McGregor, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [1]

We've all seen the crazy antics in movies that would be nigh impossible to pull off in any other situation than a movie set. Tom Cruise's character in the latest Mission Impossible, Ethan Hunt, strolled into the Moskow Kremlin, set up a faux-transparency screen in a guarded hallway that concealed him and his partner. Now, imagine that sans the special screen used by Cruise's character; an entire event going unseen. Scientists at Cornell University have, albeit on a much smaller scale, allowed for just that. Read The Full Story

Nokia tests show solar-powered phone not practical

Rue Liu, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [1]

Nokia has finished a research project that's been testing the feasibility of harvesting solar energy to power a mobile phone. The test involved five prototype feature phones equipped with built-in solar chargers that were distributed to various regions around the world to test under different climate conditions. Overall, Nokia finds that solar-powered phones are possible but very challenging and, at its current state, impractical. Read The Full Story