Aug 04 2011

Swedish Man Builds Nuclear Reactor in His Kitchen

Tag: Community,Crime,Experiments,Green,Hearing,Kitchens,Materials,Nuclear Science,Police,Safety,VideoDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:24 pm
The man contacted Sweden's nuclear authority and asked if it was permitted for an individual to build a nuclear reactor.

Jul 26 2011

Could New Rover Find Fossils on Mars?

Tag: Alien Life,Chemistry,Experiments,Life Science,Mars,NASA,RoboticsIrene Klotz @ 12:00 pm
Rover "Curiosity" ups the ante in search for life beyond Earth, but can't directly detect Martian life.

Jul 25 2011

Japan To Drill Seabed for ‘Burning Ice’

Tag: Experiments,Gold,Natural Gas,Seas,Technology,Wind PowerDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 12:09 pm
Japan will seek to extract natural gas from seabed deposits of methane hydrate, also known as "burning ice," in the world's first such offshore experiment.

Jun 30 2011

Roller Pen Writes Electronic Circuitry

The rollerball pen dispenses conductive silver ink, enabling electrical circuits to be drawn directly on paper and other surfaces.

Jun 28 2011

Brain in a Dish Comes Alive

Tag: Biomedical,Experiments,Semiconductors,Stem CellsAlyssa Danigelis @ 7:33 pm
A computer chip marinated in neurons and stem cells creates super bursts of activity and could someday help stroke victims' brains heal.

Jun 26 2011

Drug Boosts Snakebite Survival Time By Half

Researchers in Australia showed that a class of compounds called nitric oxide donors delays the entry of toxins from potentially deadly snakebites.

Jun 10 2011

Two New Elements Join Periodic Table

Tag: Chemistry,Experiments,Laboratories,Nuclear ScienceDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 10:26 pm
But they don't yet have names. What would you call them?

May 16 2011

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

Apr 18 2011

Scientists Teleport Light

Tag: Computers,Experiments,Light,Quantum Computing,Quantum Physics,TechnologyDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:41 pm
The development might be used to design faster quantum computers.

Mar 30 2011

Beams of Electricity Zap Fires

Tag: Electricity,Experiments,Fire Safety,ParticlesJessica Marshall @ 6:52 pm
But don't trade in the firefighting hose for a electrical wand just yet.

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