The new tech could spare burn victims from painful skin grafts.
Solar homes built for a competition retire as the residences for campus students.
A new computer system simulates the thinking power of a cat's brain.
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If all goes well, the Large Hadron Collider will soon be smashing subatomic particles together as they travel near the speed of light around the 16.8 mile circumference of the world's most complicated machine. Scientists hope the Large Hadron... Read more
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Think thin-film solar is still eons away from ubiquity? Think again. Seattle-based company LivinGreen has some sweet solar tech that could make manufacturing solar cells cheaper and easier. Dye sensitized solar cells work like photosynthesis in... Read more
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If the human brain is data being passed from neuron to neuron at its basic level and we can simulate that in a computer, shouldn’t a conscious mind start to emerge? Read more
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Take a look back at the top stories of the past week in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. Read more
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Spray-on skin might sound like science fiction, but the new tech could spare burn victims from painful skin grafts. Read more
Posted by Eric Bland Thu Nov 19, 2009 03:30 PM ET | 0
High-resolution ultrasound and sonar imaging is now possible with a new metamaterial. Read more
Posted by Gene Charleton Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:43 PM ET | 0
In New Orleans, engineers are installing a giant pump they say should keep the city dry in the event of another big hurricane. Listen to the podcast. Read more
Posted by Tracy Staedter Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:57 PM ET | 0
IBM announced this week that it has a computer system that can simulate the thinking power of a cat's brain with 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses. At just 4.5 percent of a human brain, the computer can sense, ... Read more
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Solar homes built for a competition retire as the residences for campus students. Read more
Posted by Chris Davis Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:24 AM ET | 0
Ray Anderson, founder of carpet giant Interface, explains in Confessions of a Radical Industrialist that his environmental epiphany was like a "spear in the chest." Delivered to him by reindeer in Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce, Anderson... Read more
Posted by Clark Boyd Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:14 AM ET | 0
The idea that one government, one organization, or a single group "controls the Internet" is laughable. In my reporting lately, I heard someone refer to the 'Net as "modulated anarchy." I like that. But that, of course, doesn't stop some ... Read more
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FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again.In that episode, the Northeast was hardest hit by the delays because of a glitch at the Hampton, Ga., facility that processes flight plans for the... Read more
Posted by Tracy Staedter Wed Nov 18, 2009 09:00 PM ET | 0
By implanting miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles, scientists for the first time have been able to control the flight of insects. (Electrodes are implanted at the pupal stage and then later connected to remote control... Read more
Posted by Alyssa Danigelis Wed Nov 18, 2009 01:18 PM ET | 0
Figuring out where to designate marine protected areas so fish populations can bounce back sounds simple. Heck, we just found water on the moon! But it's no easy task, which is why we're going to need water-ready robots. In California, ... Read more
Posted by Eric Bland Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:15 AM ET | 0
Radioactive batteries could handle even the most extended iPod playlist. Read more
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