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Rare long gamma ray bursts caused by supergiant star’s death, says researchers

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are two types of gamma-ray bursts: short and long. The short GRBs last a very short duration, a maximum of two seconds but sometimes even less. The longer ones are still relatively short, coming in at more than two seconds and sometimes several minutes, with the longest ones typically clocking in between 20 seconds and 50 seconds. A rare type of long GRB has been seen in action a couple times throughout recent years, however, and scientists finally have an answer about what causes them. Read The Full Story

Stanford scientists design cooling panels that cools structures during the day

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists at Stanford University have just developed a new kind of cooling panel that may effectively reduce the cost of your air conditioning bill. The team, composed of Professor Shanhui Fan, and graduate students Aaswath Raman and Eden Rephaeli, wanted to achieve the goal of developing a structure that could cool buildings even while the sun is shining. They wanted to succeed "where others have come up short". Read The Full Story

Researchers develop microscopic sponge to soak up toxins in the blood

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Researchers from UC San Diego have invented what's described as a microscopic sponge. The tiny sponge is design to circulate in the bloodstream and mop up toxins such as drug-resistant bacterium and even toxins such as snake venom. The researchers call the tiny sponge the nanosponge. Read The Full Story

Asteroid tracking sensor passes critical design test

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

A NASA funded project designed to create a sensor for tracking asteroids has passed a key design test. The test was designed to assess the performance of the Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) in an environment mimicking the temperatures and pressure of deep space. The NEOCam is a key instrument that will be used in a proposed space-based asteroid-hunting telescope. Read The Full Story

Scientists create working lab-grown rat kidney

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are a huge number of people all around the world that are currently very ill and in need of replacement organs. The problem is for some of these people, they will die before a donor organ is available. Scientists around the world are currently working to create alternative ways to get replacement organs for surgical procedures. Read The Full Story

Touch Bionics i-limb ultra revolution is controllable via a mobile app

, Apr 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Touch Bionics has just announced a new product in its inventory called the i-limb ultra revolution. It features a biosim mobile app that is usable through iOS devices. The i-limb ultra revolution features a powered rotating thumb, 24 Quick Grip options, and extra sensitive electrodes. Ian Stevens, the CEO of Touch Bionics, states that the i-limb ultra revolution will enable "wearers to more easily perform activities of daily living and thus increase their quality of life." Read The Full Story

NASA’s Wallops Island to secure spotlight with Orbital’s Antares rocket test launch

, Apr 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Orbital Sciences Corp. will be conducting its first test launch of its Antares rocket on April 18th, and if all goes well, the company will be well on its way on delivering on its $1.9 billion contract with NASA. The contract requires Orbital to complete 8 unmanned cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using its Antares rocket and its Cygnus Capsule. Read The Full Story

Carbon pollution creating giant crabs, lobsters, and shrimp

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Chesapeake Bay and other locations are facing a new kind of problem: giant crabs, which are growing beyond normal size due to carbon pollution. Such large crabs have the potential to disrupt the ecosystem, and are joined alongside lobsters and shrimp, which are also growing. Adding to the problem, however, is that the same pollution is stunting oysters. Read The Full Story

Icy clouds over Titan’s south pole hint that fall has come

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has beamed back some very interesting images of Saturn's largest moon Titan. The images were sent back by the Cassini spacecraft and show that an icy cloud is beginning to grow over the south pole of the moon. NASA says that that icy cloud indicates that fall has begun on Titan's southern hemisphere. Read The Full Story

Sun unleashes solar flare and Earth-bound coronal mass ejection, disrupts radios

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

On Thursday, April 11, the sun let off an M6.5 solar flare and its accompanying coronal mass ejection, more commonly called a CME, which is directed at Earth. The solar particles that result from such an event are traveling at a speed of about 600 miles per second, and are expected to reach Earth Friday night into the weekend. Such an event disrupted some radio communications. Read The Full Story

Iranian scientist claims to have invented time machine

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Iran could be home to the world's first time machine, if claims from an Iranian scientist are to be believed (color us skeptical). According to The Telegraph, a scientist based in Tehran, Iran has registered with the Center for Strategic Inventions a device called "The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine," which can reportedly allow individuals to peer into the future - up to 8 years into the future, that is. Read The Full Story

NASA’s orbiter possibly spots lost 1970′s Soviet lander

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

In 1971, the Soviets landed a spacecraft on Mars, which ultimately met an unfortunate fate and died in a somewhat unknown location. Now, over four decades later, it is believed parts of that spacecraft were photographed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter years ago, only to have been overlooked for half a decade and eventually spotted by enthusiasts on an Internet forum. Read The Full Story
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