Is The Tungsten Bulb On Its Way Back?

Is The Tungsten Bulb On Its Way Back?

In the last few days, there has been a spate of reports that the incandescent bulb is on its way back.  This relates to work by a group of authors at MIT plus one at Purdue University in Indiana…
'Spermbots' - Motorized Artificial Insemination

'Spermbots' - Motorized Artificial Insemination

Sperm that don't swim well rank high among the main causes of infertility but these cells may get a boost from motorized "spermbots" that can deliver poor swimmers -- that are otherwise healthy -- to…
The Snowmastodon Project

The Snowmastodon Project

While expanding a reservoir in Snowmass Village, Colorado, construction workers stumbled upon a big bone. And then another, and another, and another.  Realizing they had found something special…
For 2016, Social Robots Unveiled

For 2016, Social Robots Unveiled

Nadine, a friendly human-like robot at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore will greet you back and shake your hand. Unlike conventional robots, the inventors say Nadine has her own…
Driverless Cars: Teaching Machines To See

Driverless Cars: Teaching Machines To See

Two newly-developed driverless cars systems can identify a user's location and orientation in places where GPS does not function, and identify the various components of a road scene in real time on a…
2015, The Year CRISPR Went Mainstream

2015, The Year CRISPR Went Mainstream

If you are in science, the genome editing method called CRISPR  is not new, it has been all the rage since 2012 because of its superior ability of CRISPR to deliver a gene to the right…