Underwater Explosions at 120k frames per second
Check out this awesome video done by the slowmo guys using micro explosions from firecrackers underwater while filming at up…
How To Cheat in Pokemon Go using GPS Spoofing
If you’re not able to get out in the real world to play the Pokemon Go game there are other…
10 Awesome Science Experiments to Watch
Check out this video of 10 really cool science experiments done by Home Science. While these are really cool to…
Colorful secrets of chemical elements with slow motion flames
If you are a “Game of Thrones” series fan like I am, upon looking at the picture of green flame…
New definition of chaos proposed
The idea that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings might trigger a hurricane beautifully encapsulates the concept of chaos, where…
Could solar flares be triggering birth defects?
It’s known that airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays, but…
Innovative lightweight metal foam set to protect astronauts
Lightweight composite metal foams are effective at blocking X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation, say researchers from North Carolina State…
Water droplet computer can algorithmically manipulate physical matter
Researchers at Stanford have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets. The droplet…
Bionic plants created with carbon nanotubes
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report boosting plants’ ability to capture light energy by 30 percent by…
Artificial leaf clears developmental barrier
Putting together the chemical reactions that make photosynthesis happen has proven harder than scientists initially thought, but in a new…
Sperm-like biological robot displays “remarkable” self-organization
Powered by cultured heart cells, tiny, self-organizing bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm have been created by scientists at the…
Penguin propulsion could drive marine vessels
Scientists have created a highly efficient and extremely maneuverable propulsion system by mimicking the shoulder of an Emperor penguin. The…
Bacteria modified with squid protein could be a camouflage game-changer for military
In the latest issue of the journal Advanced Materials, the researchers report on the creation of a biomimetic infrared camouflage…
Novel geometry creates ultralight super-strong components from tiny interlocking 3-D printed parts
In what could herald an entirely new approach to manufacturing all manner of complex structures, MIT researchers have created tiny…
Cheap and simple desalination unit runs from battery
Using a small electrical field that removes the salts from seawater, German and American scientists have invented a new method…
“Flowers” self-assemble from basic chemistry
By simply manipulating chemical gradients in a beaker of fluid, researchers at Harvard have found they can control the growth…
Scientists merge electronics with bio-printed ear
Using off-the-shelf 3D printing tools, Princeton scientists have built a functional cell-cultured ear that can “hear” radio frequencies. The bionic…
“Nanosponge” removes toxins from bloodstream
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego say they have created a “nanosponge” that is capable of safely removing…
Successful transplant of bioengineered rat kidney
Bioengineered rat kidneys have successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals. The…
Fungi make modern violin sound like a Stradivarius
Researcher Francis W. M. R. Schwarze, from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, has used fungi to…
Bucky ball “cage” imprisons smaller molecules
A quantum parlor trick where smaller molecules are “caged” inside the nano-meter sized cavity of a spherical bucky ball (C60…
Hamburger-shaped raindrops creating twin rainbows
Computer simulations have allowed scientists to identify the curiously named “burgeroid” raindrop as being responsible for a rare optical phenomenon…
Artificial jellyfish shows new route to synthetic organisms
Using only silicon and cultured rat heart muscle tissue, bioengineers from Caltech and Harvard University have created a jellyfish-like creature…
Entropy the major player in chirality conundrum
Why many of the important molecules in our bodies almost always occur in just one chiral form (either right or…
Top chemical suspects in autism identified
US medical researchers have published their list of the top 10 chemicals believed to be implicated in autism and other…
Heredity and evolution seen in synthetic DNA
DNA and RNA possess two features believed essential for life: they display heredity (pass on genetic information) and they can…
Water not necessary for life?
The proteins that are vital to living creatures evolved in Earth’s water-rich environment and it was thought that water was…
Insect cyborgs get onboard power source
Attaching tiny sensors, recording devices and control mechanisms to insects is now a more realistic prospect after the discovery that…