Tech: Hydrogels capable of complex movement created — (Report)
Living organisms expand and contract soft tissues to achieve complex, 3-D movements and functions, but replicating those movements with human-made materials has proven...
Tech: Is dark energy even allowed? — (Report)
In string theory, a paradigm shift could be imminent. In June, a team of string theorists from Harvard and Caltech published a conjecture...
Tech: Understanding and controlling the molecule that made the universe — (Report)
Trihydrogen, or H3+, is acknowledged by many scientists as the molecule that made the universe. In recent issues of Nature Communications and the...
Tech: Scientists’ method quenches lithium metal dendrites in batteries that charge faster, last longer...
Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a logical replacement for common lithium-ion...
Tech: A young star caught forming like a planet — (Report)
Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in orbit...
Tech: They may be small, but CubeSats are mighty when it comes to affordably...
Only a few years ago, the astronomy and heliophysics communities were skeptical about whether CubeSats could reliably obtain scientific data. But these breadloaf-size...
Tech: New microgravity research finds that microparticles in complex plasma behave in nonuniform ways...
Four hundred kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in complex plasma under microgravity conditions and found that the microparticles behaved in nonuniform ways...
Tech: Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal...
Selecting a landing site for a rover headed to Mars is a lengthy process that normally involves large committees of scientists and engineers....
Tech: Research describes strategy for keeping condensed droplets from coalescing into a film —...
Hold a cold drink on a hot day, and watch as small droplets form on the glass, eventually coalescing into a layer of...
Tech: Research could lead to advances in lighting and solar cells — (Report)
Rutgers and other physicists have discovered an exotic form of electrons that spin like planets and could lead to advances in lighting, solar...
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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...
