Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop three-dimensional chip-cooling technology able to handle heat loads as ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is getting closer to its goal of securing robotic hands that mimic the hand's finer movements, at an affordable cost. A research project has ...

Electronics - Robotics

Apr 02, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 3 |

They have looked at 140,000 images, identified 42,000 scallops on the bottom of the ocean and donated countless hours of their time—and the scientists that they are assisting don't even know who they are.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

Last month, a team of CAS archaeology faculty and students tested out their latest research tool: a remote-controlled hexacopter. The small six-rotor flying tool, equipped with a camera, will be used in Turkey this summer ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 29, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A National Science Foundation-supported, world-class supercomputer called Stampede—which has already enabled research teams to predict where and when earthquakes may strike, how much sea levels could rise ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Canada has sent 30 bison to Russia for reintroduction in the rugged and mostly forested Siberian province of Sakha, 5,000 years after they died out in the area, its parks administration said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3

China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

A recent study published in the Journal of Political Economy suggests that some types of intellectual property rights discourage subsequent scientific research.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 27, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

The company planning a wave energy project off the south Oregon coast says it may not be finished this year.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 26, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Since the horse meat saga began in 2012, some of us have decided to eat more fish and seafood - after all, we have been told they are better for our health. Well, that may not be quite true today. While EU ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Fancy watching a movie on your mobile phone, where figures leap out from the screen in 3D, rather as Princess Leia did in that scene from "Star Wars"? That's the claim made by US researchers, who on Wednesday ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Mar 20, 2013 4.7 / 5 (15) 5

(Phys.org) —To make the most precise measurement yet of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) – the remnant radiation from the big bang – the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Planck satellite mission ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 15, 2013 4.3 / 5 (7) 7 |

To study the effects of ocean acidification, ten huge plastic containers called mesocosms are placed in the Gullmar Fjord in Sweden. The project is unique: mesocosms of this size have never been used for ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 1

Ultrafast supercomputers that operate at speeds 100 times faster than current systems are now one step closer to reality. A team of IBM researchers working on a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 12, 2013 4.3 / 5 (4) 2