Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slows

Hydropower and geothermal technologies are some of the oldest and longest-standing renewable sources of energy in use today. In 2011, the total capacity and use...

Cheap organic materials for spintronics and quantum computing discovered

University of Utah engineers demonstrated it is feasible to build the first organic materials that conduct electricity on their edges, but act as an...

NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite to Continue 40-Year Legacy

NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg...

Photonics: Breakthroughs in Military and solar technology

By creating a material that slows light, engineers open new possibilities in solar energy, military technology and other fields of researchBUFFALO, N.Y. – University...

Subretinal microchip helps blind to see

Functional vision was restored in the majority of nine German patients implanted with a subretinal microchip as part of a second human clinical trial,...

Exoplanet Kepler 37b is tiniest yet – smaller than Mercury

This article was first published on BBC News by Jason PalmerAstronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet beyond our Solar System -...

Antianxiety drugs affect fish survival

This article was first published on ScienceNews by Erin WaymanFish let their inhibitions go when exposed to a common antianxiety medication, a new study...

Cell connections key in valve disease

The calcification (hardening) that occurs in heart valve disease has been associated with a pathological change in the behavior of valve interstitial cells, but...

Forecasting a Supernova Explosion

Pasadena, CA—Type II supernovae are formed when massive stars collapse, initiating giant explosions. It is thought that stars emit a burst of mass as...

A pox upon cancer Retooled virus extends survival in terminal patients

This article was first published on ScienceNews by Nathan SeppaA tweaked virus that invades malignant cells has allowed patients with advanced liver cancer to...