Gravitational Wave Scientists Win $3 Million For Being Awesome
Earlier this year, scientists confirmed the presence of gravitational waves, a cosmological feature first predicted by…
A Medical First: Woman Successfully Gives Birth With A Donated Womb
For the first time in history, a woman has given birth to a baby after receiving a womb transplant. The mother and…
Anti-Wrinkle Cream Might Be the Key to Treating Parkinson's Disease
A new study suggests that kinetin, a chemical frequently used in anti-aging creams, could be used to develop a…
Where Do All Those Amazing Discoveries Go, Anyway?
It seems as though every day we read (and write) about another amazing new breakthrough, be it medical, technological,…
10 Images That Changed the Course of Science (And One That Is About To)
One image can change the way we see the world, especially in science. From photographs of movement that's too fast for…
Liquid crystals can detect bacterial infections
Liquid crystals - yes the same as the ones in your calculator — may soon save lives: they'll be detecting deadly…
How a Plant Virus Can Make Lithium Batteries Last 10x Longer
The tobacco mosaic virus is a destructive beast infecting over a hundred different species of plants, including…
First frictionless superfluid molecules created
Chill them enough and some atoms creep up walls or stay still while the bowl they sit in rotates, thanks to a quantum…
Behold The First Nanobot Assembly Line In Action
It may look like some diagrams and a few blobs, but what you're seeing here is nothing short of a nanotech revolution.…
At Last! Scientists Have Created Ununseptium, The Most Massively Heavy Element Ever
A new element has been created, and it's so massive they call it "superheavy." Element 117 on the periodic table is…
Connecting the Quantum Dots to More Than Double Hard Drive Capacity
Scientists have developed a new type of semiconductor structure—using microscopic crystals called magnetic quantum dots—…
Discovery of 4.4-Million-Year-Old Hominid "Ardi" Is Greatest Scientific Breakthrough of 2009
Venerable journal Science has announced its top breakthroughs of 2009, and topping the list is a breakthrough in evoluti…
Researchers Cram a Camera Into a Sheet of Fiber
Another day, another innovation from MIT researchers. This time, it's a camera built in the middle of a 25mm fiber…
AU Optronics unveils 0.69mm ultra-thin mobile device panel and multi-touch coolness [AU Optronics]
Paper-Thin, Flexible Batteries Developed
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MIT have developed a battery that uses carbon nanotubes and paper…
IBM Chip to Let You Download an HD Movie in One Second
IBM trash-talks all those other chipsters with its latest breakthrough, an optical transceiver chipset that can…
Laser TV Technology: Plasma and LCD Killer?
Two companies blurted out some boisterous bluster today, saying they have laser TV technology that can smack down LCDs…
EEStor Ceramic Battery: Internal Combustion Replacement?
Seasoned scientists at EEStore say they've created a battery made of glass- and aluminum-coated ceramics that could…
MIT Working on Nanotube Batteries, Could Be a Breakthrough
In the search for that holy grail, the everlasting battery, not much has been accomplished over the 200 years since…