Tech

Sep 07, 2013 01:41 PM EDT

Virgin Galactic Passes Second Supersonic Flight

Virgin Galactic's reusable space vehicle SpaceShipTwo (SS2) completed its second supersonic flight on Thursday, achieving the highest altitude and greatest speed to date.

Sep 04, 2013 02:44 PM EDT

Transparent Skull Implant Provides a Window to the Brain

Researchers have developed a transparent skull implant they say could open up new treatments for life-threatening neurological disorders, including brain cancer and traumatic brain injury.

Aug 30, 2013 04:35 PM EDT

New Kind of Mini-thruster Could One Day Power Micro Rockets

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have developed a prototype of a microscopic thruster that could one day be used to power miniature rockets.

Aug 30, 2013 01:11 PM EDT

Gel-based Audio Speaker Carries Electrical Charges Using Ions -- Not Electrons [VIDEO]

Harvard University researchers have developed a gel-based audio speaker system in which electrical charges are carried by ions, rather than electrons.

Aug 28, 2013 02:23 PM EDT

NASA Rocket Blazes to Life with Help from 3-D Printed Component [VIDEO]

NASA recently tested its largest 3-D printed rocket engine component to date, marking a milestone in one of the agency's most promising strategies designed to cut space hardware-related costs.

Aug 22, 2013 06:11 PM EDT

NOAA Satellite GOES Out of Commission

GOES-12 captured data from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the blizzard that crippled the Central US in 2009 and since 2010 it has been covering South America.

Aug 22, 2013 05:07 PM EDT

New Ytterbium Atomic Clocks are the Most Stable Ever

A new pair of experimental ytterbium atomic clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -- the agency responsible for keeping the official time in the US -- have set a new record for stability.

Magellan Telescope with MagAO’s Adaptive Secondary Mirror

Aug 22, 2013 04:17 PM EDT

New Type of Camera Takes Sharpest Pictures of Night Sky Ever

An international team of researchers have developed a new type of camera capable of taking images so sharp it could detect a baseball diamond on the Moon.

Aug 21, 2013 01:29 PM EDT

New App Uses Space Station Technology to Bring Easy Water Testing to All

Scientists have created a new app based in part on International Space Station technology that, they say, is capable of testing water quality without costly lab equipment.

Aug 21, 2013 10:19 AM EDT

New Method Allows Scientists to Read Letters in a Person's Brain Scan

It's not exactly "mind reading," per se, but a team of researchers have developed a method through which they are able to determine what letter a person is looking at based on a scan of their brain.

Aug 17, 2013 04:24 PM EDT

'Smart Windows' Offer Control Over Amount of Heat and Light Allowed Through

A new material consisting of a thin coating of nanocrystals embedded in glass could revolutionize the world of windows and energy efficiency, according to those behind it.

Aug 19, 2013 11:14 AM EDT

New LEGO-like Material Opens Door to New World of Lightweight Manufacturing

In response to the question "Can you 3D print an airplane?" two researchers have developed a new lightweight structure whose X-shaped, interlocking pieces are 10 times stiffer for a given weight than existing ultralight materials.

Aug 14, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

Light Slowed to a Crawl in Liquid Crystal Matrix

Scientists say they have developed a new way to slow the rate at which light travels that could one day lead to new technologies in remote sensing and measurement science.

Aug 13, 2013 04:45 PM EDT

New Robot Surpasses Competition by Leaps and Bounds

In an effort to create robots capable of traversing increasingly difficult terrain, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they have developed a device boasting both jumping and climbing abilities.