A landmark day for Einstein and our understanding of the universe: the detection of gravitational waves. Brian Greene explains the discovery.
Engineers from the University of Rochester have produced a new shape-changing polymer that rapidly responds to body heat. This remarkable new mighty morphing material, which can lift objects up to 1,000 times its own mass, is showcased in the Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics.
It’s easy to look at your smartphone and think you live in the future. But the past’s imagining of the future promised us a lot more robot butlers.
Designed to be a fully sustainable urban living complex, Urban Plant may be a model for green-based urban architecture of the future.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that in the government’s eyes, each of Google’s autonomous vehicles will be treated as if they were an ordinary driver.
Google Fiber today said it will provide free Internet access at gigabit speeds to residents in affordable housing. Google Fiber was already providing free Internet in public housing, but speeds were limited to 5Mbps downloads and 1Mbps uploads.
Muhongo noted that neighbouring countries within the east African region including Kenya and Ethiopia are already exploiting geothermal power and has ordered the TGDC to start drilling by June this year, reports Business Week.
VR may be the next big thing, but the Teslasuit goes beyond headsets and headphones. So, what is it and how does it simulate human touch?
A new research has suggested that Planets Similar to Earth Have Identical Interiors.
Researchers have found signs of two new exoplanets that are roughly twice the mass of Jupiter, orbiting a 1.6-billion-year-old evolved star called HD 47366, that lies 260 light-years from Earth.
A Japanese space telescope with X-ray vision sharpened by Canadian technology heads into orbit on Friday. Canadian scientists believe it will help them solve longstanding mysteries about black holes and supernovas.
A research team led by Assistant Professor Duong Hai Minh from the National University of Singapore
A study of stressed-out adults suggests that mindfulness meditation causes brain changes that can lower inflammation levels.
A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain’s motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs.
