Tech : Science World Report

Jul 05, 2013 11:08 AM EDT

Twitter and the News: Does Social Media Really Replace Newswires?

New research has found that reporting of news events through twitter shows little evidence that it can be replaced through traditional first-hand reporting.

Jul 04, 2013 12:01 AM EDT

Integrated Nano-Photonic Chips Promise Network Speeds in Terabit Range

Optimizing and accelerating optic fibers, a core component of the global communication networks and infrastructure, is a crucial economic multiplicator. Researchers of the Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications Engineering (INT) at the University of Stuttgart and the Institut für Mikroe...

Jul 03, 2013 03:07 PM EDT

Nano-Scale Tweezers Enable Precision Control of Enzymes

In new research, Hao Yan and his colleagues at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute describe a pair of tweezers shrunk down to an astonishingly tiny scale.

Jul 03, 2013 01:16 PM EDT

Gemini Observatory's New GeMS Instrument Reveals Stunning Images of the Universe

A new instrument may allow astronomers to receive a better look at our universe. Researchers have unveiled Gemini Observatory's revolutionary new adaptive optics system, called GeMS, which can remove atmospheric distortions to a new level.

Jul 02, 2013 10:24 PM EDT

Nanoparticles Made to Order — Inside and Out

New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses.

Jul 02, 2013 09:23 PM EDT

Solar Façades: Windows of the Future Can Have Any Color and Produce Power

Until now, designers of buildings have no choice but to use black or bluish-gray colored solar panels. With the help of thin-film technologies, researchers have now been able to turn solar cells into colorful creations.

Jul 02, 2013 08:32 PM EDT

German Scientists Made 3D-Printed Silent Underwater Propulsion Inspired by Octopus

Nature inspires creativity: in building a silent propulsion system for boats and water sport devices, researchers used the octopus as their role model. The system can be produced at a low cost and in a single step with a 3D printer.

Jul 02, 2013 02:50 PM EDT

Nano-Device Detects Bacteria in Minutes Instead of Weeks

Researchers at EPFL have built a matchbox-sized device that can test for the presence of bacteria in a couple of minutes, instead of up to several weeks. A nano-lever vibrates in the presence of bacterial activity, while a laser reads the vibration and translates it into an electrical signal that ca...

Jul 02, 2013 01:08 PM EDT

Surprise Superconductor Created with Solvent: Electricity Without Resistance

Superconductivity occurs when matter is able to conduct electricity without any resistance. Now, scientists have found some surprising superconductivity in a solvent.

Jul 02, 2013 11:01 AM EDT

D-Wave Processor May Actually Employ Quantum Mechanics: Quantum Annealing

There's been a lot of talk about the D-Wave processor housed at the USC-Lockheed Marin Quantum Computing Center. Now, scientists have discovered that the D-Wave processor behaves in a manner that indicates that quantum mechanics has a functional role in the way it works.

Jul 02, 2013 08:21 AM EDT

15-Year-Old Girl from Canada Creates Flashlight Powered by Human Body Heat

What are today's young scientists doing? At least one of them has created a new invention which could help save on electricity and, perhaps, a bit of waste. Ann Makosinski, a 15-year-old girl, has created a flashlight that is powered solely through the heat of a human hand.

Jul 02, 2013 09:26 AM EDT

Teen Girl Designs Flashlight that Runs on Heat of Human Body [VIDEO]

A teenage girl's innovative technique to power flashlights without the use of batteries has given her an edge over thousands of other contestants at the Google Science Fair and has been selected for the finals.