Tech : Science World Report

Jan 22, 2013 01:12 PM EST

DARPA Will Seed Oceans with Robots: Falling Up

The U.S. military wants to seed the ocean floor with robotic drones, sensors, or decoys to complete missions that range from rescue to disruption.

Jan 21, 2013 02:47 PM EST

Surrogate Mother Needed for Neanderthal Baby

George Church has put out a call to women who wouldn’t mind giving birth to a Neanderthal.

Jan 19, 2013 04:30 PM EST

Solar and Clean Energy Helped by New Thin Film

Scientists have created thin film solar cells with a new record efficiency of 20.4 percent for converting sunlight into electricity.

Jan 19, 2013 02:38 PM EST

3-D Sonar Shows off Civil War Shipwreck (Video)

The remains of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the war can now be seen in 3-D sonar images.

Jan 18, 2013 10:19 AM EST

Mona Lisa Beamed to the Moon with Lasers; Thanks, NASA (Video)

NASA recently projected an image of the iconic painting into space.

Jan 17, 2013 05:37 PM EST

Construction Contract for ITER Fusion Reactor Signed, HQ Inaugurated

The brand-new headquarter building of the ITER fusion research program was officially inaugurated today, located right beside the gigantic fusion reactor that is currently being constructed at the site. For the occasion, the European Union's Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger and the French ...

Jan 17, 2013 02:42 PM EST

Robotic Fish Shows the Meaning of Gliding

An environmentally friendly, robotic fish has just received an upgrade- it can now glide through the water while collecting data.

Jan 17, 2013 02:25 PM EST

Nanotech Tool: Electron Beam Used to Trap Gold Nanoparticles

By using an electron beam, researchers from Berkeley Lab and the National University of Singapore have developed a way to manipulate nanoparticles.

Jan 17, 2013 11:56 AM EST

New Quantum Dot Nanocrystal Technology Available in 2013 TVs

The principle of nanoscale fluorescent particles called quantum dots were already discovered in 1981, but corresponding applications are just now becoming commercially viable. That is also thanks to the massmarket rollout of LED-backlit TVs and light sources, since the quantum dots can work in symbi...

Jan 17, 2013 11:42 AM EST

Robot Baby Learns How to Express Emotion (Video)

A new, creepy, life-like robot is being used by researchers to gain insight into how a baby learns.

Jan 16, 2013 02:35 PM EST

Are Violent Video Games Harmful?

Studies have shown that video games can actually lead to an improvement in how well we pay attention, react, and how accurately we sort information.

Jan 15, 2013 03:39 PM EST

Flu Near You Tracks Epidemic Across US (See Map)

The flu is continuing the spread across the United States with cities such as Boston experiencing more than 10 times as many cases as this time last year.