Tech: Materials processing tricks enable engineers to create new laser material — (Report)
By doping alumina crystals with neodymium ions, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new laser material that is...
Tech: Close-ups of grain boundaries reveal how sulfur impurities make nickel brittle — ...
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have shed new light on a scientific mystery regarding the atomic-level mechanism of the sulfur...
Tech: Disruption tolerant networking to demonstrate Internet in space — (Report)
NASA's Human Exploration and Operations and Science Mission Directorates are collaborating to make interplanetary Internet a reality.
They're about to demonstrate Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking,...
Tech: Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale ‘internet of things’ — (Report)
Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and watches to buildings, machine parts and medical devices have become wireless sensors of their environments, expanding...
Tech: Researchers make and test atom-thick boron’s unique domains — (Report)
Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when different forms of the material mix and mingle,...
Tech: Single-celled architects inspire new nanotechnology — (Report)
Diatoms are tiny, unicellular creatures, inhabiting oceans, lakes, rivers, and soils. Through their respiration, they produce close to a quarter of the oxygen...
Tech: Microscopic trampoline may help create networks of quantum computers — (Report)
A microscopic trampoline could help engineers to overcome a major hurdle for quantum computers, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and the...
Tech: What happens when we heat the atomic lattice of a magnet all of...
Magnets have fascinated humans for several thousand years and enabled the age of digital data storage. They occur in various flavors. Ferrimagnets form...
Tech: Researchers to present new tool, much needed by virtual world artists, at SIGGRAPH...
Many designers for the virtual world find it challenging to design efficiently believable complex textures or patterns on a large scale. Indeed, so-called...
Tech: Study finds one to two percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made...
There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond hidden in the Earth's interior, according to a new study from MIT and...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
