Science & Technology

Engineers create plants that glow 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 14, 2017
Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk.

By David Aragorn
Watching this newborn island erode could tell us a lot about Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 12, 2017
Watching this newborn island erode could tell us a lot about Mars

By David Aragorn
Physicists excited by discovery of new form of matter, excitonium 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 9, 2017
Excitonium has a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign… well… excited!

By David Aragorn
Metal From Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Can Also Kill Cancer Cells 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 9, 2017
A dense metal found in asteroids called iridium can be used to kill cancer cells without causing any harm to the healthy tissue surrounding it, according to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Warwick in England and Sun Yat-Sen University in China.

By David Aragorn
A radical startup has invented the world’s first zero-emissions fossil-fuel power plant 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 8, 2017
From the top of the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, more than 50 meters (160 ft) above Buffalo Bayou, in every direction you look, you can see huge oil tankers, massive piles of coal, and uncountable smokestacks. This small corner of Houston is home to some of the world’s most valuable businesses, which turn fossil fuels into the products that have powered the development of our civilization. But the 21st century has brought with it an existential problem for these companies.

By David Aragorn
UA Students Participate in First Global Planetary Defense Exercise 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 6, 2017
Students are part of a drill that tests astronomers’ ability to respond to a highly unlikely — but not impossible — scenario: an asteroid on course to collide with Earth.

By David Aragorn
The Worst Theoretical Prediction in the History of Physics 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 5, 2017
When it comes to scientifically mysterious concepts that begin with the word “dark,” dark matter attracts most of the public attention.

By David Aragorn
Gravity signals rapidly show true size of giant quakes 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 5, 2017
Researchers have developed a new approach to estimate the true size of very large earthquakes.

By David Aragorn
U.S. Scientists Take Step Toward Creating Artificial Life 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 2, 2017
n a major step toward creating artificial life, U.S. researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic proteins. The work, published in the journal Nature, brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory. Previous work

By David Aragorn
‘Unnatural’ microbe can make proteins 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 2, 2017
An altered microbe with an “unnatural” genetic code has been shown to assemble proteins – a key step towards designing new drugs and materials.

By David Aragorn