Science & Technology

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
A Japanese Startup Will Try to Land on the Moon Next Year 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 24, 2016
Google Lunar X-Prize contestant Team HAKUTO has a promising rover that will be launched to the moon in the new year.

By David Aragorn
Western University scientist builds world’s ‘smallest snowman’ from silica spheres 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 23, 2016
Days before Christmas, a research scientist at an Ontario university has created a microscopic figure he’s calling the world’s “smallest snowman.”

By David Aragorn
New record set for world’s most heat resistant material 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 23, 2016
Researchers have discovered that tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide materials can withstand scorching temperatures of nearly 4000 degrees Celsius.

By David Aragorn
Living Machines: These Robots Are Made From Living Tissue 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 23, 2016
The newest robots to pave the way for synthetic creatures is able to move remarkably well like a manta ray.

By David Aragorn