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Space Exploration Jan 26, 2017

Image: Visualization of proposed temple atop Shackleton Crater

A near-perpetually sunlit peak close to the Moon's south pole has been selected by ESA's artist-in-residence as the site of a building like no other.

Robotics Dec 28, 2016

How robots will change the workforce

Thirty of the world's top scientists are scheduled to meet at the University of California at San Diego in February to discuss the toughest challenges in robotics and automation, including how to make driverless cars safe ...

Internet Dec 24, 2016

Website charts Santa's journey around the globe

An online Santa tracker run by a Canadian and American defense agency mapped the jolly old gift-giver's path around the globe Saturday, in what has become a Yuletide tradition.

Analytical Chemistry Dec 1, 2016

Scientists develop an artificial dog nose that mimics the 'active sniffing' of dogs

By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, a team of government and university researchers have demonstrated that "active sniffing" can improve by more than 10 times the performance of current technologies that rely on continuous ...

Internet Nov 22, 2016

Whatever happened to bitcoin? Young venture capitalist has the answer

Bitcoin, the virtual currency used by savvy techies and online black market traders, has faded from the public eye in recent months. But investor and cryptocurrency expert Adam Draper says bitcoin still has the potential ...

Space Exploration Nov 21, 2016

How bad is the radiation on Mars?

Human exploration of Mars has been ramping up in the past few decades. In addition to the eight active missions on or around the Red Planet, seven more robotic landers, rovers and orbiters are scheduled to be deployed there ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 14, 2016

Researchers develop projection-type holographic 3-D display technology

NICT has developed a new projection-type see-through holographic 3-D display technology combining an optical screen of a digitally designed holographic optical element (DDHOE) and a digital holographic projection technique. ...

Materials Science Oct 6, 2016

Technique mass-produces uniform, multilayered particles

Microencapsulation, in which a tiny particle of one material is encased within a shell made from another, is widely used in pharmaceuticals manufacturing and holds promise for other areas, such as self-repairing materials ...

Astronomy Sep 26, 2016

Pulsar discovered in an ultraluminous X-ray source

(Phys.org)—A team of European astronomers has discovered a new pulsar in a variable ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) known as NGC 7793 P13. The newly found object is the third ultraluminous X-ray pulsar detected so far, ...

Software Sep 12, 2016

Digital forensics rescues retro video games and software

Starting in the mid-1980's, a young man named Stephen Cabrinety filled his home with video games and software. Unopened boxes were piled to the ceilings—everything from early word processing programs such as WordStar to ...

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