Tech: Columbia researchers receive Facebook Award to enhance probabilistic programming
A Columbia University research team affiliated with the Data Science Institute (DSI) has received a Facebook Probability and Programming research award to develop static...
Tech: Macroscopic phenomena governed by microscopic physics — (Report)
It has been difficult to simultaneously obtain micro- and macroscopic information in outer space. Global images of distant astrophysical phenomena provide macroscopic information;...
Tech: First lens for extreme-ultraviolet light developed — (Report)
Scientists from the Max Born Institute (MBI) have developed the first refractive lens that focuses extreme ultraviolet beams. Instead of using a glass...
Tech: Concept of the laser can be reversed — (Report)
The laser is the perfect light source: As long as it is provided with energy, it generates light of a specific, well-defined colour....
Tech: New material draws heat away from hotspots much faster than current materials —...
Working to address "hotspots" in computer chips that degrade their performance, UCLA engineers have developed a new semiconductor material, defect-free boron arsenide, that...
Tech: Uncovering the hidden history of a giant asteroid — (Report)
A massive 'hit-and-run' collision profoundly impacted the evolutionary history of Vesta, the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. This finding, by a team of...
Tech: Novel hand-held tool detects, maps and monitors destructive pimple-like protrusions in precious works...
Even Georgia O'Keeffe noticed the pin-sized blisters bubbling on the surface of her paintings. For decades, conservationists and scholars assumed these tiny protrusions...
Tech: Transparent fruit flies — (Report)
The nervous system of an animal can be studied by cutting it up into thin layers -- however this inevitably leads to the...
Tech: Moon’s dayside water molecules migrate over the course of a day — ...
Using the Southwest Research Institute-led Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have observed water molecules moving around...
Aliens Spotted In Elite Dangerous For The First Time (Watch)
The hunt for aliens has been a long one for the Elite: Dangerous player base but after 18 months of searching and following clues,...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
