Tech : Science World Report

Sep 25, 2013 08:17 AM EDT

Scientists Create Flexible, Stretchable, Transparent Electronics Display: Future of Smartphones (Video)

Imagine an electronics display that's as clear as a window and can stretch like rubber. Scientists may have created just that. They've developed a transparent, elastic organic light-emitting device (OLED) that could one day be the new screen for your smartphone or your computer.

Sep 24, 2013 11:43 PM EDT

No Need to Get Browned Off – Edible Films Keep Fruit Fresh

With the ongoing popularity of convenience foods, we are soon likely to see packaged ready-to-eat sliced apple products on supermarket shelves. Ready-to-eat sliced mango could follow.

Sep 24, 2013 11:02 PM EDT

What Risk Factors Increase Addictive Video-Game Use in Adults?

Researchers from the University of Missouri are looking into various factors that may indicate a higher risk of addictive-video game use among adults.

Sep 24, 2013 10:15 PM EDT

Entrepreneurial Scientists: Bringing 'Common Sense' to Text Analytics

Bringing “common sense” to artificial intelligence is one of the biggest challenges in computer science: It entails equipping computers with the shared knowledge that humans use to infer meaning, make connections and communicate, among other things.

Sep 24, 2013 03:53 PM EDT

Nanoscale Neuronal Activity Measured for the First Time

A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher at Queen Mary University of London.

Sep 24, 2013 09:19 AM EDT

Scientists Create Massive Catalog of More Than 300,000 Nearby Galaxies

Scientists are getting a little help when it comes to exploring the universe. More than 83,000 volunteer citizen scientists have helped to catalog more than 300,000 nearby galaxies. Named Galaxy Zoo 2, the project is the second phase of a crowdsourcing effort to help categorize the galaxies in our u...

Sep 23, 2013 05:08 PM EDT

Breakthrough: Water-Shedding Surfaces Can Be Made to Last

New approach to hydrophobic material could benefit power plants, cooling systems.

Sep 23, 2013 04:32 PM EDT

Crowd-Sourced Scientific Computing Platform Reaches One Trillion Simulated Events

The crowd-sourced physics simulator Test4Theory has simulated its one trillionth (1012) particle collision since its launch just two years ago.

Sep 23, 2013 03:59 PM EDT

Birth of the Internet and Big Data: Useful Side-Effects of CERN Scientists Going Big (Video)

Scientists trying to decypher the fundamental laws and building blocks that constitute our universe at CERN in Switzerland had to go big in terms of giant devices and hyper-charged technology required to achieve their ambitious goals. They succeeded.

Sep 22, 2013 11:17 PM EDT

Not Long Now Before On-Body Gadgets Get Under Your Skin

Since the 1950s electronic devices such as pacemakers have been planted inside bodies to keep them ticking over, but most of us are still happy just to keep a mobile phone in a clothes pocket or a bag. A few months ago there was a fluster in the blogosphere about the prototype Google Glass, a comput...

Sep 22, 2013 09:30 PM EDT

Opinion: Pick Your Battles When Fighting Financial Spying

Another day brings yet another “revelation” based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. This time, Der Spiegel revealed the details of an NSA programme known as “follow the money”, through which the agency has been monitoring millions of financial transactions.