Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2019
10 things you should know about planetary defense
1. Why Asteroids Impact Earth
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Software
Apr 10, 2019
Transforming the art industry with Blockchain
Sometimes an art forgery is so sophisticated, it fools even the experts. For example, in 2011, Sotheby's brokered a deal for a darkly coloured gentleman's portrait said to be by 17th century painter Frans Hals the Elder. ...
Materials Science
Apr 4, 2019
Tuneable reverse photochromes in the solid state
Photochromes are dyes that change their colour depending on the light they receive. When light is switched off they can either remain in their photoinduced state (P-type photochromes) or turn back to their original state ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 3, 2019
Smart liquid goes dark in the heat
A smart liquid that darkens dramatically in response to rising temperature has been developed by researchers at A*STAR. The nanowire-based thermochromic liquid's tunable color-changing behavior was retained even after hundreds ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 27, 2019
Smart speakers are everywhere—and they're listening to more than you think
Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone.
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2019
X-rays reveal termites' self-cooling, self-ventilating, self-draining skyscrapers
Many species of termites, whose societies are built on hierarchies of kings, queens, workers, and soldiers, live in towering nests that are ventilated by a complex system of tunnels.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 22, 2019
Why are TVs so cheap now? Well, your smart TV is watching you and making extra money, too
Your smart TV is watching you. And making money off you as well.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2019
Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it's gutted
Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, I sat down in my apartment in central Melbourne to write a job application. All of the blinds were down, and the windows tightly closed. Outside it was 47℃. We had no air conditioning. ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 29, 2019
All-in-one transparent transistors
Small tweaks in component ratios generate electronically different layers from the same material to create transparent transistors.
Environment
Jan 15, 2019
Heating buildings leaves a huge carbon footprint, but there's a fix for it
As winter weather sets in, the heat kicks on in New York City's approximately one million buildings. Most of these buildings' furnaces or boilers run on fossil fuels such as natural gas and oil; as a result, heating and hot ...
