Science & Technology

Let there be light: Germans switch on ‘largest artificial sun’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Scientists hope experiment, which can generate temperatures of around 3,500C, will help to develop carbon-neutral fuel

By David Aragorn
And the Verdict Is …? Brain Scans Could Reveal Criminal Intentions 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
What if lawyers could prove that a person knowingly committed a crime by looking at scans of his or her brain? It sounds like something from a science fiction story, but a new study suggests that we may be one step closer to this reality.

By David Aragorn
Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Using the plant like scaffolding, scientists built a mini version of a working heart, which may one day aid in tissue regeneration.

By David Aragorn
Scientists predict reading ability from DNA alone 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 4, 2017
Researchers from King’s College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.

By David Aragorn
‘Super potato’ grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth’s arid areas 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 4, 2017
Scientists in Peru conducted experiments reminiscent of the 2015 Matt Damon film the Martian, creating similar conditions on Earth

By David Aragorn
Nineteen Miles Up, Experiment Reveals Earth Microbes’ Likely Fate on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 1, 2017
Understanding the limits on what microbial life can endure is important for preventing contamination of the Red Planet with terrestrial microbes when our human and robotic explorers arrive.

By David Aragorn
Secret of nanomaterial that makes harvesting sunlight easier 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 31, 2017
Using sunlight to drive chemical reactions, such as artificial photosynthesis, could soon become much more efficient thanks to nanomaterials.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Find Non-Gluten Cause of Wheat Sensitivity 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 31, 2017
Researchers presenting at the 2016 United European Gastroenterology conference have identified a group of non-gluten proteins that can trigger symptoms of asthma, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, and more.

By David Aragorn
10 Everyday Innovations That Came From NASA Research 0
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- March 31, 2017
NASA’s Technology Transfer Program is “the agency’s oldest continually operated program,” according to Spinoff, its annual guide of consumer products developed from NASA technology.

By David Aragorn
Self-assembly technique could lead to long-awaited, simple method for making smaller microchip patterns 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 31, 2017
For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make the patterns of wires and components in their microchips ever smaller, in order to fit more of them onto a single chip and thus continue the relentless progress toward faster and more powerful computers. That progress has become more difficult recently, as manufacturing processes bump up against fundamental limits involving, for example, the wavelengths of the light used to create the patterns.

By David Aragorn