Tech: Nanometer-sized tubes made from simple benzene molecules — (Report)
For the first time, researchers used benzene -- a common hydrocarbon -- to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead...
Tech: Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’ — (Report)
Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs, a University of Michigan professor has discovered, and that new insight has...
Tech: More stable light comes from intentionally ‘squashed’ quantum dots — (Report)
Intentionally "squashing" colloidal quantum dots during chemical synthesis creates dots capable of stable, "blink-free" light emission that is fully comparable with the light...
Tech: Physicists build devices using mineral perovskite — (Report)
When German mineralogist Gustav Rose stood on the slopes of Russia's Ural Mountains in 1839 and picked up a piece of a previously...
Tech: New method finds defects in power transistors more accurately, quickly and simply —...
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a simple yet accurate method for finding defects in the latest generation of silicon carbide transistors....
Tech: Infrared cameras and supercomputer simulations break through Venus’ veil — (Report)
A Japanese research group has identified a giant streak structure among the clouds covering planet Venus based on observation from the spacecraft Akatsuki....
Tech: Using drones to tackle climate change — (Report)
A team of Nottingham scientists is using drones to survey woody climbing plants and better understand how they may affect the carbon balance...
Tech: Ultra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array — (Report)
Scientists from the University of Bath (UK) and Northwestern University (USA) have developed a new type of sensor platform using a gold nanoparticle...
Tech: Overtones can provide faster data communication — (Report)
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in producing what are known as spin wave overtones. The technology paves the way for increasing...
Tech: Artificial bug eyes — (Report)
Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans...
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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...
