Like many pieces of modern medical equipment, X-ray machines are as bulky and energy dependent as they are vital. Even "portable" X-ray machines remain too heavy to carry across rough terrain, and too energy hungry to run off batteries. That's why Radius Health's portable,
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Late last year, English scientists created the first real-world instance of spin ice, a long-hypothesized type of crystal that can behave as a magnet with only one pole. These monopole magnets could form the basis of quantum computing memory, so it was disappointing to find out that the spin
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We've already added elements 116 and 118 to the periodic table, and now a collaboration of Russian and U.S. scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, has created the superheavy element 117 that is about 40
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Many augmented reality projects like to cite Minority Report as an inspiration, but MIT's Glove Mouse project takes a very direct cue from the touch-free display manipulations of Tom Cruise's character in the film. In a new video, the glove mouse shows off its wireless stuff.
MIT
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Considering all the nasty politics that have been dragged into today's eco debate, it's nice to see someone out there worshipping Mother Nature the old-fashioned way: by building a humongous,
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After a breathless race through the '80s and '90s, desktop computer clock speeds have spent the last decade languishing around the 3 gigahertz mark. That stagnation in processing speeds has prompted scientists to debate whether it's time to move beyond semiconductors -- and what better
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And you thought the macros on your camera was good because you got a sweet close up of a flower? Well, the scientists over at Oak Ridge National Laboratory zoom in so tight they can distinguish atoms of different elements. Using a special z-contrast scanning electron
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The questions that plague particle physicists and cosmology buffs seem fundamental,
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If you fall into the niche category of eco-conscious boating enthusiast with a desire
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Fermi would approve
A new formula allows computers to simulate how new materials
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We've already added elements 116 and 118 to the periodic table, and now a collaboration of Russian and U.S. scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, has created the superheavy element 117 that is about 40
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While scientists have long been able to produce red and blue LED lights, the essential third ingredient for creating good, brilliant white light—green–has proven elusive. But researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the US have finally cracked
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If the thought of a Wiimote-controlled robot drum circle sounded vaguely disturbing, prepare
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How to build a commercially viable flying car: first, make it a
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Fibre-optic cable has exponentially increased the speed at which we can transfer data over the decades, but as we stream more and more services through a single fibre cable, we can expect all that information to start bottlenecking at some point. To keep that from happening,
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It's one thing to tell someone how you feel, but seeing is believing. So their inability to see the face and body language of other people can potentially leave visually impaired people
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Fermi would approve
A new formula allows computers to simulate how new materials
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And you thought the macros on your camera was good because you got a sweet close up of a flower? Well, the scientists over at Oak Ridge National Laboratory zoom in so tight they can distinguish atoms of different elements. Using a special z-contrast scanning electron
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While three-dimensional printing has come a long way, engineers still struggle with fabricating objects smaller than a 20-cent piece. In those small structures, the upper layers crush and distort the weak lower ones. To solve this problem, researchers at the University of Illinois in the US
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Hong Kong researchers have combined simple latex with some plastic buttons to create metamaterial
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The battery could power zero-emissions homes
Bringing power storage to the people, Panasonic
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Ever wonder what's inside your television? Lots of very small pieces, it turns out.
We decided
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What happens when a fantastical gadget appears in the flesh?
The goal of a watchphone is
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South Korean designers update an old pre-movie device to create a compelling 3D animation
You may
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A physics fanatic down under is having a very Tesla
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Because lasers make even the most basic of tasks cooler
Imagine this. It?s a particularly
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When well-intend crowdsourcing goes horribly wrong
Way back in the 1920s, a public competition
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If you?re in Canberra this week make sure to check out the Australian Science Festival and Pathfinders, and pop in to say ?hi? to Popular Science. We?ll be there all week
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And you thought the macros on your camera was good because you got a sweet close up of a flower? Well, the scientists over at Oak Ridge National Laboratory zoom in so tight they can distinguish atoms of different elements. Using a special z-contrast scanning electron
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After a breathless race through the '80s and '90s, desktop computer clock speeds have spent the last decade languishing around the 3 gigahertz mark. That stagnation in processing speeds has prompted scientists to debate whether it's time to move beyond semiconductors -- and what better
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