04 Dec, 2013 | by Labroots
Loss of Funding Creating Impact on Science Jobs, ResearchEven those who donât have science careers are painfully aware that the recent government shutdown had a huge impact on research and those who have science jobs in a number of different fields. Just last month, the Green Bank telescope, the largest radio telescope in the world, stopped moving. As a result, the research being performed by astronomers from around the globe came to a halt. According...... Read More
03 Dec, 2013 | by Labroots
New Discovery in Nano-TechnologyOver time, advancements in technology have allowed for smaller and smaller electronic devices. A new discovery has led to the production of the smallest FM radio transmitter in the world. Researchers at Columbia, led by James Hone, a mechanical engineering professor, and Kenneth Shepard, an electrical engineering professor, used graphene to develop a nano-mechanical system that is able to create FM...... Read More
27 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Getting More Energy from the SunSolar energy continues to grow as a valuable resource amid concerns over a depleting fuel supply and the decline in the earthâs environment. Although improvements in how solar energy is collected and used have been implemented, solar is still a long way from being our primary source of energy. Thanks to the discovery of researchers working to improve the use of solar energy, we may be able to get...... Read More
26 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
New Treatment Promises to Cure MRSAThe bacterium staphylococcus aureus, commonly referred to as MRSA, has been deemed a âsuperbugâ because of its resistance to antibiotics. Affecting 1 million Americans every year, MRSA causes serious infections of the bone, heart, and implanted medical devices. Due to the inability of the bacterium to be effectively treated and the seriousness of the deep-seated chronic infections it causes, MRSA...... Read More
25 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Your Brain Sees What You Are MissingAn article reporting the results of a study focusing on how the brain works made science news this month, when researchers found that the human brain has the capacity to process and understand things that we see, without being consciously aware of them. The article was printed in the science journal Psychological Science, detailing how the study was performed and why the results are so important. Jay...... Read More
22 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Is Time a Result of Quantum Entanglement?Source: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/d5d3dc850933 http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4691 It is ironic that two of Albert Einsteinâs most famous works â the respective theories of general relativity and special relativity â have been prisoner to a seemingly irreconcilable difference in the century since they were each postulated. The problem is time. Or, rather, how each model approaches...... Read More
21 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Microbial Computers Could Revolutionize Medical DiagnosticsSource: http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2013fall/article10.html Imagine going to your doctor for a routine physical examination. At some point your physician asks you to imbibe some exotic concoction. A few hours later, you have a bowel movement: one that your doctor collects and shines ultraviolet light upon. Heâs looking for your solid waste material to shine back at him; you are praying it...... Read More
20 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Microsoft Kinect-ing Sign Language and the Spoken WordSource: http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/10/30/microsoft-research-uses-kinect-translate-spoken-sign-languages-real-time/ YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnkQyUo3134 âThe street finds its own uses for things,â William Gibson wrote three decades ago. The acclaimed science-fiction author was musing on humanityâs penchant for taking new technology and appropriating (or misappropriating)...... Read More
19 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Romanian Scientists Create Artificial BloodSource: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2480236/Forget-prosthetic-limbs-theres-artificial-BLOOD-Liquid-water-salt-protein-successfully-used-mice.html âI do not drink⦠wine.â - Count Vlad Dracula And thanks to research by his modern-day countrymen, the good count wonât have to feed on the precious vino of his victims, either. Romanian researchers have formulated artificial...... Read More
15 Nov, 2013 | by Labroots
Yellowstone Magma Reservoir: Twice the Hotspot than Previously BelievedSource: http://www.nature.com/news/large-magma-reservoir-gets-bigger-1.14036 Be of good cheer: this will not mean that Yellowstone is twice as likely to cataclysmically erupt as a mega volcano (or that it will become next monthâs big premiere movie on SyFy, for that matter). However, it does mean that the chances of a massive earthquake in the area are much larger than originally thought. Yellowstone...... Read More