a Micro-Scale Rebellion?
What do you do if you have a focus ion beam microscope normally used to make nano-devices, a scanning electron microscope and some spare time? Well, you etch your university logo onto a human hair, of course! At least, if you’re the Engineering ...
Tooth Regeneration Tech Could Make Fillings Obsolete
Scientists are hard at work on making teeth regrow the crystals that make up dentin and enamel, allowing them to phase out fillings and drillings completely. The goal is to spot tooth decay early and then get the teeth to grow healthy tooth-matter ove...
Why You’re a Momma’s Boy
Who you callin’ a momma’s boy? Me? That’s right. T’s proud to love my momma! You should too. Here’s some scientist explainin’ why being a momma’s boy is natural. I don’t need no science to explain that ...
Bendy, Stretchy, Rubbery
Scientists have made a discovery that makes silicon cool again: it can now be made into bendy chips. Stiff silicon devices are powerful, of course, but not the best fit for some situations such as advanced medical sensors. Now a team University of Ill...
Paint Your Home For Power
Forget old-news solar-power shingles: a team from Swansea in the UK have found a way of creating solar “panel” paint. A by-product of their research into degrading paint on steel surfaces, their invention is applied in layers to steel clad...
Sewer Gas May Allow For Suspended Animation
Suspended animation %26#8212; the state that space travelers are always put into in movies so they don’t age while traveling for many years %26#8212; may turn out to actually be possible, and it’s a simpler process than you’d expect....
NASA Leaving Spirit Mars Rover to Die Due to Budget Cuts
Sad news today from NASA: Spirit, the Mars rover, is perfectly functional and waiting for instructions that it’ll never receive on a sunny hillside on the red planet. It’s being left to die due to budget cuts. UPDATE: Looks like NASA has c...