Science

It's Not Just the Buildings That Are Getting Smarter

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg scans a QR code on a building permit at a press conference announcing...

Can WISE Find the Hypothetical 'Tyche'?

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This colorful picture is a mosaic of the Lagoon nebula taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE

Boeing-built LightSquared Space-Based Network Ready to Begin Service

Boeing today announced that it has completed the post-launch testing and on-orbit handover of the first LightSquared satellite and Space-Based Network (SBN). The satellite system has been accepted by LightSquared and is ready to begin service.

What ultra-tiny nanocircuits can do

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False-color scanning electron microscopy image of a programmable...

Apple iPad 2: 10 Reasons It Should Launch Sooner Rather Than Later

Reports are swirling around that Apple has finally sent its iPad 2 to production. Assuming that’s true, it’s quite possible that the company will make its announcement of the iPad 2 in the near future, and then sell it to consumers around the world...

Nanogenerators to Enable Battery-Free Handhelds

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Northwestern University researchers fabricated a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) to test their piezoelectric...

Now in 3D: Copy and Paste!

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The boy and other elements were copied and pasted from a different image using new stereoscopic editing technology

NASA Hosting Events for Valentine's Night Comet Encounter

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Artist rendering of Stardust-NExT spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL