Mar 9 - The world's largest solar-powered boat aims to be the fastest such vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the first to cross both the Pacific and Indian Oceans when it embarks around the world in 2011. Natalie Armstrong reports.
O.K. It's been a while since I last posted, but I do have a good excuse. I've been on the road with my family for the past 5 weeks, and have just settled in London. I'm here because I am about to start a half year sabbatical, and to give you a sense of where I'm working, here are a few picture hints (note that it's not, as my Son thought for a while, Hogwarts).
A species of bird, which has only been observed alive on three previous occasions since it was first discovered in 1867, has been rediscovered in a remote land corridor in north-eastern Afghanistan. The discovery was made as part of an international collaboration, which included researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. read more
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of (BETS)2GaCl4 molecules less than one nanometer wide.
Their new Nature Nanotechnology study provides the first evidence that nanoscale molecular superconducting wires can be fabricated, which could be used for nanoscale electronic devices and energy applications. read more
Can a $99 laptop help save the world?For years now we've been hearing about the "$100 laptop" - a standard, low-power portable that meets the educational needs of children in developing nations. But until now, the most affordable has been from the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, where benefactors can purchase $199 OLPC portables, which the OLPC then ships to students in developing nations.
Part 1 of "Do You Like the Big Bang Theory?", addressed whether one emotionally "likes" the scientific theories one works on - and how or if that should impact one's work. Here I'd like to talk about the television show.
(Northwestern University) Jiaxing Huang at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science uses the dye fluorescein to create a new imaging technique to view graphene.
(Northwestern University) Jiaxing Huang at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science uses the dye fluorescein to create a new imaging technique to view graphene.
A therapy for acute spinal cord injuries developed by a UC Irvine scientist will become the world's first clinical trial of a treatment using human embryonic stem cells.
Geron Corp. of Menlo Park announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Can a $99 laptop help save the world?For years now we've been hearing about the "$100 laptop" - a standard, low-power portable that meets the educational needs of children in developing nations. But until now, the most affordable has been from the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, where benefactors can purchase $199 OLPC portables, which the OLPC then ships to students in developing nations.
MMBK writes "In the heyday of holography, back in the 1970s, there were four schools dedicated to the holographic arts around the world, and five studios in New York City alone. Today, there are only a few left in the world.
If sustainability is key to the new energy economy, a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has just taken a big step toward the future by developing the first photovoltaic circuit that powers itself.
From the safety of our SUVs and skyscrapers, it's easy to forget that man is nowhere near the top of the food chain. A slew of animals make it their business to prey on humans.
Just as the path of photons of light can be directed by a mirror, atoms possessing a magnetic moment can be controlled using a magnetic mirror. Research reported in the Journal of Applied Physics investigates the feasibility of using magnetic domain walls to direct and ultimately trap individual atoms in a cloud of ultracold atoms. read more
The world's first genuinely green energy deal is about to be sealed.
