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Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth

09/09/2013 16:30

A Japanese research team of astronomers and planetary scientists has used Subaru Telescope's two optical cameras, Suprime-Cam and the Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS), with a blue transmission filter to observe planetary transits of super-Earth GJ 1214 b (Gilese 1214 b) (Figure 1). The...

Scientists Use DNA to Assemble a Transistor from Graphene

08/09/2013 15:09

DNA is the blueprint for life. Could it also become the template for making a new generation of computer chips based not on silicon, but on an experimental material known as graphene? That's the theory behind a process that Stanford chemical engineering professor Zhenan Bao reveals in Nature...

The Electric Warship

08/09/2013 15:06

Two decades ago, the U.S. Navy began designing what it then called its “21st-century destroyers.” These were to be a fleet of 32 guided-missile destroyers that would be able to cruise near coastlines and attack forces on land with mind-boggling might. In 2001, though, the...

Carbyne : World's Strongest Material

08/09/2013 15:04

A new research paper published on Arxiv describes in detail the properties of Carbyne, a supermaterial that is stronger than graphene and diamond, and that can be synthesized and stabilized at room temperature. Carbyne is stiffer than anything...

World's slimmest keyboard is PAPER-THIN and turns ANY area into a touchscreen

04/09/2013 21:49

British scientists have invented a flexible computer keyboard that is as thin as a piece of paper and can turn any area into a touch-sensitive surface. Tech company Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) claims its keyboard is the world's thinnest, at half a millimeter thick and offers consumers a...

Solar Powered UAV to Replace Satellites?

04/09/2013 21:47

Satellites, regardless of their function, are expensive. Between development, launch costs, and maintenance a single satellite can cost millions of dollars to keep in orbit. However, in a bid to change the rules of the satellite game Titan Aerospace has introduced a new high altitude UAV to replace...

Microsoft buys Nokia’s phone business

04/09/2013 21:39

Microsoft is buying Nokia’s cellphone handset business as part of a $7.2 billion deal, the two companies announced Monday. The acquisition represents an aggressive move by Microsoft to compete in the smart-devices market, as the company transforms itself into a devices-and-services business. “To...

Data Storage: Maintaining Privacy On the Cloud

02/09/2013 21:51

A data-sharing scheme utilizing an encryption manager shows the way towards low-cost, flexible and secure cloud storage services. Wider adoption of cloud storage services by organizations has been hindered by security and privacy issues. A consequence of storing data on the cloud is that, by its...

Optics: Nanotechnology's Benefits Brought Into Focus

02/09/2013 21:49

Conventional lenses, made of shaped glass, are limited in how precisely they can redirect beams of incoming light and make them meet at a point. Now, a team led by Zhengtong Liu at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore, has proposed a novel approach to 'superlens'...

NuSTAR Delivers the X-Ray Goods

02/09/2013 21:45

Sep. 2, 2013 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is giving the wider astronomical community a first look at its unique X-ray images of the cosmos. The first batch of data from the black-hole hunting telescope was made publicly available Aug. 29, via NASA's High Energy...

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