Mark Hoffman : Science World Report

May 06, 2013 08:08 PM EDT

New MRI Dye Enables Drastically Higher Resolution 3D Images of Living Brain

In a breakthrough that can drastically increase the resolution and detail of medical imaging, a fluorescent dye that enables high-resolution (about 1 micron) 3D images of the cerebral vascular system has been synthesized by researchers at the Laboratoire de Chimie (CNRS) in France.

May 06, 2013 05:04 PM EDT

Tiny Mechanical Energy Harvester in Production Now, Will Replace Batteries

A new kind of extremely useful micro-device, a so called “piezo-MEMS” -- standing for piezoelectric microelectromechanical system -- is able to convert ambient vibrations directly into electrical energy and will come to market this year.

May 06, 2013 02:56 PM EDT

Invisibility Cloak is Technically Possible and Even 3D-Printable

Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments seven years ago -- and now they manufactured this interesting item using a simple plastics 3D-printer.

May 05, 2013 11:36 PM EDT

Elusive Birth of Black Holes Might be Visible After All

The creation of new black holes was thought to be unnoticable in most cases, at least with currently available technology on Earth. But a new theory predicts that most of these invisible events could actually be detectable when looking for the right signs.

May 04, 2013 10:40 PM EDT

Longest Hypersonic Scramjet Flight Achieved on Final Test of X-51

The experimental unmanned X-51 aircraft, equipped with a scramjet engine that operates at hypersonic speeds, reached the intended goals of the program on its fourth and final test flight on May 1. Developed for the U.S. Air Force, it has flown at a speed of Mach 5.1 for 240 seconds in a test off Cal...

May 03, 2013 10:59 PM EDT

Stellar Red Explosion Cloud of Supernova Imaged by Hubble

This picture-perfect blood-red explosion shell is what remained after a powerful supernova 600 years earlier, and is now imaged in all its beauty by space telescope Hubble. There are several types of supernovae. The source of this gas cloud, known as SNR 0519, is known to have been a white dwarf sta...

May 03, 2013 09:37 PM EDT

Insulin Injections Could be Replaced by Automatic Nanoparticle-Network

Scientists have developed a network of nanoscale particles with the ability to release insulin exactly when needed over a period of several days in a development that could radically simplify diabetes treatment. The sophisticated complex can be injected into the body were it simulates the natural fu...

May 03, 2013 05:15 PM EDT

See the First Smartphone Pictures Taken by PhoneSats in Space

There are three smartphones floating in orbit, representing the first experimental "PhoneSats", and they did what smartphones do best -- shooting and transmitting pictures. While they obviously have upgraded radio transmitters, its still a long distance from space to surface and they are orbiting at...

May 03, 2013 02:37 PM EDT

Subterranean Dark Matter Detector Starts Listening for Elusive Particles

Buried 2.5 kilometers below the surface, a new dark matter detector in Canada has begun its search for the elusive dark matter, which scientists believe accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all matter in the universe.

May 03, 2013 01:49 PM EDT

Synthetic Biology Research is Growing Strongly, Map Shows Global Hotspots of Activity

Synthetic biology, an area of research focused on the design and construction of new biological parts and devices, or the re-design of existing biological systems, is an emerging field and the focus of labs and companies around the world. The number of private and public entities conducting research...

May 02, 2013 11:19 PM EDT

Secret Weapon of Infamous Ebola Virus Pinpointed and Defused

Using genetic mutations of the Ebola virus, researchers made a big step towards pinpointing and defusing the mechanism behind one of the virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.

May 02, 2013 09:01 PM EDT

Hybrid Molecular Imaging Technique Opens Up New Research Options

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan have developed a new molecular imaging technology that is capable to visualize bio-metals and bio-molecules simultaneously in a live mouse, something that has been a challenge until now. This revolutionary new technology is an ...