Tech

Aug 09, 2013 02:23 PM EDT

Writing and Deletion of Single Skyrmions Could Yield Far Smaller Storage Devices

Scientists from the University of Hamburg say they have found a way to create and annihilate single skyrmions -- small magnetic vortices that occur in a variety of materials -- in a manner that corresponds with the writing and deletion of information from a storage device.

Aug 06, 2013 04:31 AM EDT

The World's Smallest Mona Lisa is About a Third of the Width of a Human Hair

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have painted the smallest-ever image of Mona Lisa. The painting was created using an atomic force microscope and a process called ThermoChemical NanoLithography (TCNL) and is painted on a substrate that is 30 microns in width or about one-third the width of a human hair.

Children look at a statue of a man responding to the call of nature at the Toilet Culture Park in Suwon, about 46 km south of Seoul, November 22, 2012.

Aug 05, 2013 04:51 PM EDT

Sit or Squat? New Toilet Design Encompasses Best of Both Worlds [VIDEO]

A British design student has re-invented the washroom, so to speak, by coming up with a novel toilet design that incorporates the natural benefits attributed to having a bowel movement while squatting and the comfort and convenience of a Western-style toilet.

Aug 06, 2013 10:17 AM EDT

World's First Talking Robot Headed Toward the International Space Station [VIDEO]

Japanese researchers launched the world's first talking robot into space Sunday aboard a supply mission headed toward the International Space Station (ISS).

Aug 03, 2013 12:20 PM EDT

Bio-Inspired Window Panes Show High Levels of Efficiency

As newer and better technology continues to come to the market, an emerging trend in design is to turn toward Mother Nature for inspiration, which is exactly what a group of engineers did when developing a new model for more energy efficient windows.

Falkor deploying ROV Global Explorer MK3 in the Gulf of Mexico on November 9, 2012.

Aug 01, 2013 04:05 PM EDT

Google Money Funds Falkor Research Vessel for Third Mission This Year

A state-of-the-art oceanic research vessel set sail Thursday from a harbor in San Francisco, financed by Google's billionaire co-founder Eric Schmidt.

Hurricane Sandy as seen from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on October 28, 2012.

Jul 31, 2013 04:27 PM EDT

NOAA's New Supercomputers Mean Better Storm Tracking, Officials Say

Capable of processing 213 trillion calculations per second, the newly upgraded supercomputers at NOAA's National Weather Service are more than twice as fast than their predecessors when it comes to processing the sophisticated computer models necessary to provide more accurate forecasts further out in time -- just in time for hurricane season.

Laser Pulses Through Sample of Magnetite

Jul 29, 2013 03:20 PM EDT

Record-breaking Electrical Switch Takes Just 1 Trillionth of a Second

In a discovery that could pave the way for faster, more powerful computing devices, researchers have clocked the fastest possible electrical switching in the naturally magnetic material magnetite.

Jul 26, 2013 01:41 PM EDT

World's Largest Dinosaur Park to be Built by Australian Mining Tycoon

An Australian billionaire with a penchant for lavish projects has been given approval to build what is said will be the world's largest dinosaur park.

Beams of light pass through a fan mounted on a wall

Jul 25, 2013 02:04 PM EDT

Light Brought to a Complete Stop for One Minute

For the first time ever, scientists stopped light dead in its tracks for one full minute -- longer than ever before.

Jul 25, 2013 04:42 PM EDT

How 3D Printers May Put People at Risk for a Stroke

Three-dimensional printers emit nanoparticles that could be hazardous to a person's health, a study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment reports.

Jul 22, 2013 04:23 PM EDT

Hat Designed to Prevent Hair Loss Due to Chemo to be Tested

In an effort to stave off chemotherapy-induced hair loss, researchers have developed a hat designed to limit blood flow and thus limit drug access to wearers' hair follicles.

Jul 22, 2013 01:11 PM EDT

Second Satellite for Military's Smartphone-like Network Launched

Bright and early Friday an Atlas V rocket carrying the second in a series of spacecraft designed to grow the US Navy's mobile communications network took off from Cap Canaveral's launch pad.

, the Elude suit is meant to conceal divers from sharks

Jul 18, 2013 01:22 PM EDT

New Wetsuit Design may Save Lives by Tricking Sharks [VIDEO]

A team of Australian scientists and wetsuit designers have developed a pair of anti-shark wetsuits that can camouflage swimmers from the colorblind fish or trick sharks into thinking whoever is in the wetsuit is poisonous.

Researchers Create New Stretchy Yet Conductive Material

Jul 18, 2013 11:53 AM EDT

Researchers Create New Conductive Material Capable of Stretching

Using gold nanoparticles and elastic polymers, researchers have developed a new stretchy yet conductive material that they believe could soon make its way into everything from bendable displays and batteries to medical implants capable of moving with the body.