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LHC is Back With Big Energy Boost
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is operating again after its winter break. At the beginning of April, opposing stable...
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Crowdfunding Successes Show Value of Small Donations
Legislation making its way through U.S. Congress would allow anyone to invest in the latest cool idea, with the...
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Self-Sculpting Sand Robots Can Duplicate Any Object
MIT researchers from the Distributed Robotics Laboratory are working on the very first steps towards nano-bot technology. In their...
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Bostrum: We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction
Unthinkable as it may be, humanity, every last person, could someday be wiped from the face of the Earth....
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Human Engineering Could Fight Climate Change
So far, conventional solutions to global warming — new government policies and changes in individual behavior — haven’t delivered....
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Living Micro-Robot Could Diagnose Disease
Biologists and engineers are working on a tiny robot that functions like a living creature and could be safely...
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An Invisibility Cloak for Heat
Infrared sensors are able to peer into the night and see people in complete darkness because people give off...
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New Plastic Mimics Skin’s Ability to Bleed, Heal
The next time you get a new smartphone or laptop and accidentally drop it, instead of getting permanent cracks...
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Pond Skaters’ Feet Inspire Buoyant New Material
The feet of pond skaters have helped create a novel super-buoyant material. Finnish scientists have drawn on the structure...