NASA October 21, 2015 NASA starts making plutonium again After a 25-year hiatus, the Unites States has produced its first non-weapons grade plutonium needed to power space probes when solar energy won’t suffice.
Energy October 21, 2015 The Radioactive Orchestra: Band uses nuclear isotopes to make music Every second in your body, thousands of tiny isotopes are bursting with radioactive decay. And, all around you, imperceptible gamma rays explode in a brilliant but invisible lightshow. And they've just formed a live band.
Biology October 21, 2015 Researchers convert sewer sludge to diesel alternative Researchers at Mississippi State University have created a patented process which turns our by-products into an alternative diesel energy source.
Chemistry October 21, 2015 New super-heavy Element 117 confirmed by scientists Atoms of a new super-heavy element the as-yet-unnamed element 117 have reportedly been created by scientists in Germany, moving it closer to being officially recognized as part of the standard periodic table.
Men's Health October 21, 2015 Swiss scientists say Arafat was poisoned with polonium Scientists at Switzerland's Institute of Radiation Physics said Thursday they've found evidence that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was deliberately poisoned with polonium though they don't know if it ultimately killed him.
Chemistry October 21, 2015 What's missing from the Nobel Prizes? Scientists weigh in The Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the Nobel prizes more than 100 years ago, in 1895, with the following prize categories: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and peace.
Biology October 21, 2015 2013 'Golden Goose' awards honor strange science Politicians have their pick of strange-sounding studies when they want to call for cuts to science spending
Biology October 21, 2015 A report about reports about reports? Yep, at this year’s Ig Nobel awards A U.S. government agency has earned a literature prize for issuing a report about reports about reports -- and concluding that a new report ought to be prepared to sum it all up.
Biology October 21, 2015 'The Next MacGyver' competition aims to encourage more women to pursue STEM Back when she was growing up, Veronica Eliasson used to be rooted in front of her family’s television watching “MacGyver” with her younger brother. The long-running action-adventure series followed the exploits of an American secret agent who came up with inventive solutions to difficult problems by engineering tools out of everyday things. Think objects like duct tape, for instance. The show had worldwide appeal, and for the young Eliasson, whose father always told her she should become an engineer, it opened her eyes to the fact that science could be fun — and exciting.
Biology October 21, 2015 Lego releases first female scientist Wearing glasses and a lab coat, and holding out two Erlenmeyer flasks, Professor C. Bodin (as her nametag reads) is Lego's first female scientist.
Chemistry October 21, 2015 Scientists make world's smallest Mona Lisa The world’s most famous smile is now the world’s smallest.
