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A New Route to Cellulosic Biofuels

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

ZeaChem's pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes.

Self-Policing Cloud Computing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud.

Blog - Mathematician Solves Rowing Boat "Wiggle" Problem

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:00 GMT

A mathematician has discovered two entirely new arrangements of rowers in a racing eight in which the rowing forces cancel to make the boat wiggle-free.

Blog - How to Spur U.S. Renewable Energy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Industry experts weigh in at a conference in Washington, DC.

Google Gives a First Look at the Chrome OS

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The company unveils the technical details of its operating system.

Thin-Film Solar with High Efficiency

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Solexant is printing inorganic solar cells with nanomaterials.

Potential Treatment for Down Syndrome

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Enhancing specific chemical signaling in the brain could help treat the disorder.

Computers Can't Answer Everything

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A startup says natural language processing works best with human intelligence.

Blog - The Emerging Field of Biophotonic Communication

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:10:00 GMT

The growing evidence that cells communicate with photons is generating an exciting new field of research.

Blog - Designing Astronaut Gloves

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A NASA-sponsored event challenges inventors to create the next astronaut glove.

Blog - Sports Doping Drugs Available Online

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Drugs not yet approved for medical use are easily accessible online to cheating athletes.

Blog - Google Street View as Art

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A collection of images snapped by chance by Google's street view trucks is strangely compelling.

Blog - A Molecular Machine in Action

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

X-ray imaging reveals a motor-like biological protein at work, helping researchers develop antibiotics.

Blog - Chrome Browser Is Coming to Mac and Linux

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Google expects to make announcements before the end of the year.

Bendable Magnetic Interface

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.

Who's Talking About Me?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Web experts are designing technologies that can collect scattered bits of online conversation.

Making 3D Maps on the Move

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A vehicle uses off-the-shelf components to build 3D maps of an area.

Blog - An Electronic Clue In The Mystery of DNA Repair

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:10:00 GMT

DNA repair machines may home in on the electrical signals created by mutations

Blog - What Should Be the Next U.S. Space Rocket?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

NASA's launch of its Ares test rocket has Buzz Aldrin questioning the vehicle's design and outlining the need for better rockets.

Blog - DeCode is Bankrupt; So is The Idea of "Pure" Genomics

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It's time to start giving as much attention to the rest of human biology as we have lavished on genetics.

Video - Making 3D Maps on the Move

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System (ROAMS) creates maps using a rotating laser and camera.

Video - Bendable Magnetic Interface

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.

Video - Robo-Rehab for MRIs

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

This robotic rehabilitation device from Northeastern University is designed to let patients exercise hand and forearm muscles while in an MRI machine. Using a stroke-rehabilitation device in an MRI might let a doctor see the effects of the exercise on the brain.

Video - A Robotic Gait Corrector

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

This device, one of several robotic rehabilitation tools from Northeastern University, adjusts a person’s gait as he walks.

Video - Helping Hands

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

This robotic rehabilitation device from Northeastern University uses electrically responsive fluid in its gears to adjust resistance as a patient performs gripping exercises. A patient who is recovering from a stroke, for example, could use the device to strengthen motor control as she plays a maze game.

Video - Biodegradable Transistors

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Zhenan Bao, an associate professor of chemical engineering, and Christopher Bettinger, a postdoctoral fellow, show off the biodegradable electronics they make in their lab at Stanford University.