StephenGoldmeier, Author at Gizmodo

Regrow Lost Teeth! (With An Optional Fluorescent Glow)

It’s a huge scientific breakthrough: a team from Tokyo’s Research Institute for Science and Technology has designed a method for regrowing lost teeth. But you could also call it the newest bio-punk accessory: the regrown teeth have a fluorescent glow. Scientists have been looking at embryonic development and experimenting with organ regrowth for years. This…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Aug 4

The Cyborg Exoskeletons Of The Future Take To The Streets

Three employees of Japan’s Cyberdyne robotics company recently demonstrated a new “people-assisting” device: an exoskeleton that could help injured or disabled people walk. The system is called “HAL 5,” and three prototypes of the technology paraded through Tokyo this week. We’ve covered Cyberdyne’s HAL suits, and their unfortunate names, a couple times before. But we…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Aug 3

Meet Two New Quantum Particles: Spinons and Holons

The latest development in particle physics reveals the “indivisible” electron might not be so indivisible in all situations. Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that electrons in quantum-scale wires can break into two smaller particles, called spinons and holons. The breaking-apart effect only happens when a lot of electrons are competing for not a lot…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 31

Single-Cell Algae Can Swim In Two Different “Gears”

A form of algae, called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, has a very complicated way of swimming. A new study published in Nature magazine explains how individual algae cells can control their motion using tiny little flagella operating in two different “gears.” The tiny Chlamydomonas cells use biological and chemical cues to control how their little swimming legs…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 30

New Pictures Reveal The Giant Star Betelgeuse Is Losing Weight

Betelgeuse is one of the largest stars known to researchers, at over 1000 times larger than our own sun. But it has also lost huge amounts of mass over its lifetime. These new images suggest how this might be happening. The new images are built out of only the sharpest, clearest pictures of the star.…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 29

Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine

Turns out some mysterious chemical additives may not be all bad. The sports drink and Popsicle color additive known as “brilliant blue” might have some serious benefits for people who suffer from spinal injuries, a new study reports. In the days after a spinal cord injury, a lot is happening, and not all of it…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 28

Endeavour’s Record Space Party Ends With A Final Five-Hour Space Walk

A record number of 13 astronauts were together on the Space Station this week. The Endeavour shuttle crew is leaving this largest-ever space gathering Friday, but one of their final tasks on the station was a five hour spacewalk today. The five hour space walk was the fifth for the Endeavour crew, in itself an…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 27

NGC 1097 Is Watching You With Its Black Hole Eye

NASA’s Spitzer telescope captured this stunning image of the giant black hole at the center of the galaxy NGC 1097. It also reveals rings of stars and turbulent star formation, creating a creepy eye effect at its center. This galaxy is similar to ours in some ways. Both the Milky Way and NGC 1097 are…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 23

Scientists Make Color-Changing Light Bulbs From Fish DNA

Yes, you read that correctly. Scientists at the University of Connecticut have made adjustable LEDs out of strands of salmon DNA. The DNA is mixed with dye that absorbs UV light and emits bright white light. The team used two different dyes: one absorbs UV light emits blue visible light, and the other absorbs part…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 22

Tired Of Eye Drops? Try These Drug-Dispensing Contact Lenses

Are you one of those people that gets squeamish when you have to put eye-drops in? Good news! A new type of contact lens can deliver eye medication with no fuss all day, every day for 30 days. Researchers at the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Children’s Hospital Boston saw the need for…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 21

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

Last friday, at the National Museum of the USAF, the Apollo 11 astronauts participated in a panel discussion about their historic Moon landing. They spent a good portion of the discussion, however, not on the Moon — but Mars. The discussion took place during the National Aviation Hall of Fame Spirit of Flight Award. Neil…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 20

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Spend all week buried in Harry Potter fandom? Don’t worry, we’ve got the best of the week for you here: sci-fi’s most badass female pilots, an Alaskan bio-goo invasion, the foreboding G.I. Joe movie novelization, sci-fi pinups, and more. https://gizmodo.com/harry-potter-and-the-kiss-of-death-5315387 http://io9.com/5316434/harry-potter-and-the-half+hearted-ending The Most Badass Female Space Pilots Of All Time Some of the hottest hot-shot…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 17

Could Lost’s Final Season Pull A Battlestar Galactica?

Earlier this week, Brad Templeton wrote an essay explaining why Battlestar Galactica’s ending was the worst on-screen sci-fi ending of all time. Could Lost be headed down the same disappointing path? Spoilers for both shows ahead! https://gizmodo.com/did-battlestar-galactica-have-the-worst-ending-in-scien-5313848 In his essay, Templeton breaks his analysis of the BSG finale into 6 distinct failures. Here’s how Lost…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 17

“Camera Fabric” Cloth That Takes Color Pictures

The soldier of the future might be able to see in all directions at the same time. Researchers at MIT have developed a fabric made of fibers that can “take pictures” of its surroundings. The individual fibers are composed of two rolled-up semiconducting glass layers, coated in an insulator. When light interacts with the semiconductor,…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 16

New Satellite Will Provide Weather Forecasts — On The Sun

Worried about solar winds and space weather interfering with global cell phone reception, possibly plunging the world into a new Dark Ages? Apparently, so is NASA: they’ve designed a satellite for the sole purpose of monitoring space weather. Fueling and testing just began last week for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The satellite is now in…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 15

Launch Your Own Satellite, For A Price

In the future, getting your own personal satellite into orbit might be as easy as chartering a flight. And after their first successful commercial launch launch this week, SpaceX is trying to make that possible. The Falcon 1 rocket, developed and operated by SpaceX, successfully transported a Malaysian satellite for Earth-imaging into orbit. The rocket…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 14

Cats Can Train Humans Better Than Humans Can Train Cats

Paranoid cat owners have always claimed that their cats manipulate them into doing whatever the cats want. According to a report in Current Biology, it’s true — and scientists have identified one of their insidious feline tactics. According to research by University of Sussex scientist Karen McComb, the combined purring-crying of a hungry cat triggers…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 13

Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between

This month, spend some time in Victorian steampunk England, hunt down lost artifacts on Mars, or get to know Batman a little better. You could also grab a drink in post-apocalyptic Wales. All that and more, in July books. High Bloods, John Farris (Tor) It’s the near future, and LA is overrun with werewolves. An…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 10

Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free And Filled With Life By 2030

Arctic waters may look a lot less forbidding by 2030. New research suggests that the ice sheet on top of arctic waters will melt in summer, creating the perfect conditions for new life to take up summer residence there. Researchers at the UK National Oceanography Centre have inspected samples from arctic sea floors, discovering that…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 8

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Early this month, Iraq looked more like Frank Herbert’s Arrakis. Giant dust storms choked the country, sending people to hospitals and interfering with travel for a week. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured some impressive images showing the scale of the storms. In this detail from the image, you can see where Baghdad is supposed to be.…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 7

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Regrow Lost Teeth! (With An Optional Fluorescent Glow)

The Cyborg Exoskeletons Of The Future Take To The Streets

Meet Two New Quantum Particles: Spinons and Holons

Single-Cell Algae Can Swim In Two Different “Gears”

New Pictures Reveal The Giant Star Betelgeuse Is Losing Weight

Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine

Endeavour’s Record Space Party Ends With A Final Five-Hour Space Walk

NGC 1097 Is Watching You With Its Black Hole Eye

Scientists Make Color-Changing Light Bulbs From Fish DNA

Tired Of Eye Drops? Try These Drug-Dispensing Contact Lenses

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Could Lost’s Final Season Pull A Battlestar Galactica?

“Camera Fabric” Cloth That Takes Color Pictures

New Satellite Will Provide Weather Forecasts — On The Sun

Launch Your Own Satellite, For A Price

Cats Can Train Humans Better Than Humans Can Train Cats

Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between

Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free And Filled With Life By 2030

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

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