Tech : Science World Report

Jul 09, 2013 04:45 PM EDT

New Software Algorithm Detects Music Features Like Rythm and Harmonics

The Genezik software, conceived by researchers from the Signal Processing Laboratory at EPFL (LTS2), offers an innovative approach to playlist making and to rediscovering forgotten songs.

Jul 09, 2013 04:04 PM EDT

Research in Data Science: Big Data, Big Risks?

Big data is hot news. The opportunities for analysing huge amounts of unstructured data are highly valued in industry and science, yet there is also concern about data protection.

Jul 09, 2013 03:06 PM EDT

Watch 3D Printing with Liquid Metal at Room Temperature (Video)

The process of 3D printing is gaining a lot of ground. Now, scientists have developed 3D printing technology that can create free-standing structures made out of liquid metal at room temperature.

Jul 09, 2013 01:15 PM EDT

Meet GROVER the Rover, NASA's New Extreme Polar Explorer (Video)

Meet GROVER, NASA's new polar rover that can withstand the extreme temperatures felt in icy climates. The space agency has now tested this new rover on the Greenland ice sheet and has found that not only can it defy wind gusts of up to 30 mph, but it can also operate completely autonomously.

Jul 09, 2013 07:45 AM EDT

Artificial, Gold Skin Sensors 'Feel' Touch, Temperature and Humidity

Artificial skin would be a huge boon for patients with prosthetic limbs or those who have damaged their skin in incidents such as fires. Now, scientists have used tiny gold particles and a kind of resin to create a new kind of flexible sensor that could one day be integrated into electronic skin, or...

Jul 08, 2013 11:49 PM EDT

NASA's Polar Robotic Ranger Passes First Greenland Test

Defying 30 mph gusts and temperatures down to minus 22 F, NASA's new polar rover recently demonstrated in Greenland that it could operate completely autonomously in one of Earth's harshest environments.

Jul 08, 2013 04:31 PM EDT

Graphene Superior at Cooling Electronics and Extending Life-Time

A layer of graphene can reduce the working temperature in hotspots inside a processor by up to 25 percent – which can significantly extend the working life of computers and other electronics.

Jul 08, 2013 09:22 AM EDT

MIT Researchers Create Optical Transistor, Shedding Light on Quantum Computing

Optical computing holds enormous potential. Now, scientists may be one step closer to making it a reality. They've described the experimental realization of an optical analog of a transistor, a fundamental component of a computing circuit. The findings could have practical applications for quantum ...

Jul 07, 2013 08:28 PM EDT

Identifying ‘Legal High' Substances With Microcrystalline Test

A team at the University of Lincoln, UK, is leading the way in new research aimed at detecting the vast amount of substances available on the legal highs market.

Jul 05, 2013 09:07 PM EDT

Finding the Optimal Compound For Low-Cost Plastic Photovoltaic Cells

The dream of a solar-powered world recently took a major step forward. On 24 June, in a joint announcement with the US White House and IBM, the Harvard Clean Energy Project released a database of 2.3 million organic compounds - 35,000 of which have promising properties for high-performance semicondu...

Jul 05, 2013 04:43 PM EDT

EU Project Tests Nanoparticles for Large-Scale Pollution Removal in Soil and Water

In the remediation, or clean up, of pollution in soil and groundwater, special nanoparticles are increasingly used to convert and break down pollutants in a site.

Jul 05, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

Unique Nano-Structures Discovered on Guillemot Eggshells, Opens Up Biomimetic Potential

Unique nano-structures were discovered out of the blue on the eggshells of guillemot eggs, enabling them to survive precarious habitats, on exposed cliffs with no nest.