Components November 4, 2015 So long silicon: Laser experiments may lead to faster computer chips So long silicon! A small change in the design of a computer chip could soon lead to the creation of smaller, faster and more powerful computers.
Spaceflight November 4, 2015 Warp speed, Scotty: Faster than light drives a reality? A loophole in Einstein's general theory of relativity could allow a ship to traverse vast distances in less time than it would take light. The trick? It's not the starship that's moving — it's the space around it.
Smarter America November 4, 2015 Researchers shrink particle accelerator to table-top size Just as computers shrunk from room- to desktop-size, high-energy particle accelerator dimensions are going from acres to inches.
Physics November 4, 2015 Online effort nets $1.3M to restore Tesla's NY lab The brains behind the pencil behind popular cartoon website TheOatmeal.com sought the help of the Internet to raise $850,000 for a museum to inventor Nikola Tesla. Instead he's raised $974,737 -- all in just seven days.
Chemistry November 4, 2015 This glass could be as strong as steel Researchers in Japan have developed a type of glass that is close to being unbreakable. Reported last month in the journal Scientific Reports, the research team claims the glass is as strong as steel and hope it could one day lead to stronger windows and table tops.
Physics November 3, 2015 Math master: D-Wave device is powerful, but is it quantum computing? Does this computer owe its high performance to bizarre quantum effects?
Components November 3, 2015 Quantum network secretly running for 2 years A national laboratory has been running a quantum network that could make perfectly secure Internet communications a reality
Physics November 2, 2015 Nuclear fusion just got a boost with the arrival of this stellarator Researchers could be one step closer to producing energy through nuclear fusion with word that a device called the stellarator is set to go online later this year in Germany.
Physics October 22, 2015 What if reality were really just 'Sim Universe'? Physicists propose experiment to test hypothesis that reality is just a computer simulation.
Pacific October 21, 2015 Metamorphosing beast center-stage in Sony game Knack was created to be the perfect beast to show off the spectacularly vamped up visual powers of the PlayStation 4 game console.
North Korea October 21, 2015 Chernobyl 2? Watching the world’s aging power plants North Korea’s aging Yongbyon nuclear power plant probably won't lead to a nuclear catastrophe, despite an alarming report calling it the next Chernobyl -- but the danger posed by the world’s aging reactors is real nonetheless.
