Tech: How unconventional metals behave, with an eye on high-temperature superconductors — (Report)
Using laser light to trap atoms in a checkerboard-like pattern, a team led by Princeton scientists studied how resistance -- the loss of...
Tech: NASA’s InSight takes its first selfie — (Report)
NASA's InSight lander isn't camera-shy. The spacecraft used a camera on its robotic arm to take its first selfie -- a mosaic made...
Tech: NASA’s Juno mission halfway to Jupiter science — (Report)
On Dec. 21, at 8:49:48 a.m. PST (11:49:48 a.m. EST) NASA's Juno spacecraft will be 3,140 miles (5,053 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops...
Tech: How plants can generate electricity to power LED light bulbs — (Report)
Sustainable energy sources, which are pollution free and environmentally friendly, are one of the key challenges of world's future society. The interdisciplinary team...
Tech: Light-induced modification of a carboxylic acid with an aminocyclopropenone — (Report)
A phototriggered reaction is a chemical reaction that is induced by irradiation with light. This technique is useful for biochemical studies aiming to...
Tech: The stiffest porous lightweight materials ever — (Report)
3D printing and other additive production techniques make it possible to manufacture materials with internal structures of previously unimaginable complexity. This is interesting...
Tech: High-temperature steam might be used in remote regions to cook, clean, or sterilize...
MIT engineers have built a device that soaks up enough heat from the sun to boil water and produce "superheated" steam hotter than...
Tech: Seeking to make complex simulations a breeze — (Report)
For scientists wrestling with problems as diverse as containing superhot plasma in a fusion reactor, improving the accuracy of weather forecasts, or probing...
Tech: Calibrating cosmic mile markers — (Report)
New work from the Carnegie Supernova Project provides the best-yet calibrations for using type Ia supernovae to measure cosmic distances, which has implications...
Tech: New tool for understanding enzymes — Google — (Report)
Yale scientists have taken a novel approach to unraveling the complex structure and regulation of enzymes: They Googled it.
In a new study published...
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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...
