For the first time, electrons are observed splitting into smaller quasi-particles
Posted by admin in Science on 20. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
We generally think of electrons as fundamental building blocks of atoms, elementary subatomic particles with no smaller components to speak of. But according to Swiss and German researchers reporting in Nature this week, we are wrong to think so. For the first time, the researchers have recorded an observation of an electron splitting into two [...]
A computer constructed from a consortium of live crabs
Posted by admin in Science on 18. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
If biomimicry is the instance of technology emulating nature, then this must be something like the opposite: researchers at Kobe University have built a computer out of crabs. Placed within a geometrically constrained environment, swarms of soldier crabs can be effectively used to emulate logic gates. In other words, researchers have replicated the fundamental workings [...]
Massive solar eruption expels a beautiful prominence
Posted by admin in Space on 18. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Yesterday–at least in the northeast U.S.–was a picture-perfect, sun-shiney day. But as many of us took a few extra minutes at lunch to soak up one of the first nice spring days of the season, the sun overhead was in the midst of some serious violence. At roughly 1:45 p.m. EDT yesterday, a huge and [...]
Textspresso machine takes coffee orders through text message
Posted by admin in Design, Robots on 17. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
A start-up in Seattle has created the ‘Textspresso,’ a coffee machine that accepts and prepares specialized coffee orders via text message and will soon also print directly onto the coffee’s top layer of cream. When Seattle-based start-up, Zipwhip, wanted to show off its new cloud texting platform, it needed a way to demonstrate just how [...]
Human eggs grown in the lab could produce unlimited supply of humans
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 13. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
The first human eggs grown from human stem cells could be fertilized with human sperm cells later this year, potentially revolutionizing fertility treatment for women. This could be one more step on the path toward reproduction sans human interaction — in this case, a potential parent wouldn’t even need to donate her eggs. But it [...]
