HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Video: NASA Wants to Pump You Up for Future Space Travel

    NASA issued a video over the weekend that serves as a trailer for its future programs in space.

  • IAEA Report: Status of Fukushima Daiichi Clean-Up

    Japan has made significant progress in decommissioning the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but many challenges remain.

  • A Hybrid Biofuel Cell Designed to Power Implantable Medical Devices

    A glucose-powered biofuel cell equipped with cotton fiber-based electrodes is under development as a power source for pacemakers and other implantable medical devices.

  • New MRI Technique Used to Study Grey Matter Brain Changes After a Season of Football

    A study from the University of California, Berkley, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill used a new form of MRI to examine the brains of young tackle football players.

  • Report: China to Further Curtail Refuse Imports

    Although China has long imported large amounts of worldwide refuse, a ban on solid waste imports that went into effect last year is expected to be expanded, according to reports.

  • Video: Ultra-Thin Electronic Tattoos Can Power Wearables

    The devices adhere to human skin with water, much the same way as a child’s temporary decorative tattoo.

  • Bay Area HVDC Electric Line Sells for $1 Billion

    The high-voltage direct current transmission cable provides 40% of the electrical power used on a daily basis in San Francisco.

  • Video: Cloud-Based Tool Speeds Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data

    Biojupies relies on cloud technologies to analyze and visualize large amounts of data, such as that acquired by genome sequencing.

  • Company Develops Machine to Stop Sewer Deaths in India

    Each year, the death toll on manual scavengers in India — those tasked with removing debris and waste from sewers throughout India — reaches into the hundreds. To reduce this human toll, an Indian company is offering a solution that replaces manual picking with pumps that send high-pressure water through sewer tunnels and an accompanying remote control inspection camera.

  • China's Artificial Sun Reaches 100,000,000° C

    The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak exceeded 100,000,000° C, setting a new record in fusion technology.

  • Portable Filters as Weapons Against Fine Particulate Pollution

    Use of a low-cost air purifier at home can reduce fine particulate matter exposure and safeguard the health of at-risk individuals.

  • How Do Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Navigate Autonomously?

    GPS does not penetrate water, so autonomous underwater vehicles must rely on other tools to navigate below the surface.

  • Researchers Warn About Chemical Weapons Risk Amid Advancements in Science, Tech

    A team of researchers is urging the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention to consider certain steps to prevent a resurgence of chemical weapons, which might emerge in step with technology advancements and amid current international turmoil.

  • Gigantic Impact Crater Under Greenland May Account for the Younger Dryas

    Younger Dryas was a time period defined by a dramatic shift in climate preceding an interglacial period. Scientists have never quite understood why the sudden cooling trend occurred, but now after evidence of a gigantic meteor impactor under Greenland has surfaced, the cooling trend may be justified.

  • Study: Air Pollution Restricts Children's Lung Growth

    A disturbing find by scientists from the Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London and the University of Edinburgh is that air pollution continues to restrict lung growth in children even in low-emission city neighborhoods.

  • Japanese Robot’s Face is the Most Expressive Yet

    Researchers from Osaka University in Japan have created a new method to make android robots more expressive.

  • Minnesota Transit Line Gets a Green Light

    The light rail extension is a 14.5-mile-long line with 16 stations serving Minneapolis and its southwestern suburbs.

  • Adhesives Synthesized from Wood Waste

    A new chemical process converts a component of wasted wood pulp and other biomass into high-value pressure-sensitive adhesives.

  • Researchers Convert Human Waste into Hydrochar

    Ahead of World Toilet Day on November 19, comes news that researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) demonstrated a process for converting raw human excrement into nutrient-rich fertilizer and safe, reusable fuel.

  • Weight and Mass Matters: International System of Units is Overhauled

    Four basic units of measurement — the ampere, the kilogram, the kelvin and the mole — have been redefined.

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