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A Columbia University research team affiliated with the Data Science Institute (DSI) has received a Facebook Probability and Programming research award to develop static...
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NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International...
Tech: NASA’s Mars InSight flexes its arm — (Report)
New images from NASA's Mars InSight lander show its robotic arm is ready to do some lifting.
With a reach of nearly 6 feet...
Tech: Wigner crystal — not Mott insulator — in ‘magic-angle’ graphene — (Report)
Recently, a team of scientists led by Pablo Jarillo-Herrero at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a huge stir in the field...
Tech: New method for simulating yarn-cloth patterns to be unveiled at ACM SIGGRAPH
IMAGE: A team will present a method for animating yarn-level cloth effects using...
Tech: Photoluminescence as phenomenon that triggers emissions — (Report)
When you light up a metal nanoparticle, you get light back. It's often a different color. That's a fact -- but the why...
Tech: The smallest micro-gripper, grown on optical fibers, is operated remotely with light
IMAGE: The optical pliers next to the mandibles of a Formica polyctena ant...
Tech: Engineers create rubbery ‘smart’ material to treat open wounds, infections and cancer —...
Researchers in the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a material -- a new kind of shape memory polymer...
Tech: 3D printing of chalcogenide glass could enable low-cost manufacturing of complex optical components...
For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass, a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-infrared...
Tech: Signs of interactive form of quantum matter observed — (Report)
JILA researchers have, for the first time, isolated groups of a few atoms and precisely measured their multi-particle interactions within an atomic clock....
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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...
