Science & Technology

So About That Physics-Defying NASA Thruster That Supposedly Works 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 30, 2016
When NASA scientists think they’ve built something that breaks the laws of physics, do you take them at their word?

By David Aragorn
Quantum Leap: Researchers Send Information Using a Single Particle of Light 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 30, 2016
According to research published Thursday in Science, physicists at Princeton University have designed a device that allows a single electron to pass its quantum information to a photon in what could be a big breakthrough for silicon-based quantum computers.

By David Aragorn
Would you eat a 3-D printed pizza?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 29, 2016
Could you imagine serving a 3-D printed turkey for Christmas lunch? Or munching on a 3-D printed pizza for an afternoon snack?

By David Aragorn
Evolution 2.0: Gene Editing Could Bring Extinct Species Back to Life 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 29, 2016
Ecologists published guidelines that identify factors for choosing which species our planet would be best served to revive.

By David Aragorn
The Edge of Physics: Do Gravitons Really Exist?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 29, 2016
According to physicists, it will be a long time before gravitons are considered part of the established subatomic pantheon.

By David Aragorn
Heriot-Watt researchers build black hole simulation in lab 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2016
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have built their own “black hole” in the laboratory.

By David Aragorn
A wolverine inspired material: Self-healing, transparent, highly stretchable material can be electrically activated 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2016
Scientists, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots.

By David Aragorn
Artificial intelligence to generate new cancer drugs on demand 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2016
Towards the cornucopia of meaningful leads: applying deep adversarial autoencoders for new molecule development in oncology

By David Aragorn
NASA ‘space laser’ detects eco-disaster in ocean 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2016
A tiny organism at the base of the food chain, but vital for life to exist on Earth, is under threat, according to data collected by a NASA satellite that has been firing a laser into the ocean for a decade.

By David Aragorn
Augmented reality set to overtake VR as new apps go live 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 24, 2016
In the new year, there are companies making apps that will bring augmented reality to become easily accessible to everyone

By David Aragorn