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Jan 28, 2013 09:58 AM EST

Miniature Tractor Beam Uses Light to Attract Objects; Star Trek Fans Rejoice

A team of scientists have created a real-life miniature tractor beam in a development which may lead to more efficient medical testing.

Jan 28, 2013 09:57 AM EST

Brain Simulation and Graphene Research Receive Billion Euro Each

The official press conference announcing the results will be on January 28, when the European Commission's Vice-President Neelie Kroes will introduce the two research projects chosen as winners of the FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) Flagships initiative. They will benefit from up to one billi...

Jan 28, 2013 09:18 AM EST

U.S. Scientists Reach Antarctica's Icy Lake Whillans; Drill, Baby, Drill!

A team of U.S. scientists announced on Sunday that they had successfully reached Lake Whillans, a subglacial lake.

Jan 28, 2013 06:01 AM EST

Curiosity Produces Images Taken at Night

Of late, Curiosity seems to be working in the night shift. On Jan. 22, 2013, Curiosity for the first time produced a set of images taken at night. These images were captured using the camera on its arm.

Jan 25, 2013 04:02 PM EST

Natural Selection Algorithm Used to Make Super Efficient Solar Cell Pattern

A novel approach for the optimization of a solar cell pattern was chosen by researchers at Northwestern University. They aimed at designing an optimized geometric pattern of the scattering layer that would maximize the amount of time light remained trapped within the cell, thus leading to more effic...

Jan 25, 2013 01:14 PM EST

DARPA Arms Aircraft with Lasers; Star Wars Becomes a Reality

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is moving ahead with two new plans to make laser weapons a reality.

Jan 25, 2013 10:50 AM EST

Liquid Metal Self-Healing Wire Invented That Reconnects After Cut

Self-healing polymers already exist and can be bought for various purposes - now researchers from North Carolina State University invented a new application by adding a special liquid-metal alloy to combine both to form elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and the polymer ...

Jan 25, 2013 04:08 AM EST

FDA Approves the First Autonomous Remote Presence Robot

RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant) is the first autonomous remote presence robot to receive a nod from the FDA.

Jan 24, 2013 05:34 PM EST

One-Billion Euro Grants for EU Brain Simulation and Graphene Research

News got out about the result of the highly anticipated decision of which research projects will receive a massive research grant from the European Commission, as reported in Nature News today.

Jan 23, 2013 08:44 AM EST

Government Scientists Retire Research Chimps; So Long, Labs!

Government scientists have agreed that all but 50 of the primates currently being used for federally funded researched should be retired from labs and sent to a sanctuary.

Jan 24, 2013 01:31 AM EST

Opportunity Begins 10th year of Mission On Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that landed on the Red Planet nine years ago on Jan. 24, 2004 on a plain called Meridiani Planum is about to begin its 10th year of active mission on the Martian surface.

Jan 23, 2013 06:21 AM EST