LATEST NEWS
Gun for the disabled 'classed as medical device'
15:16 05 December 2008 | 7 comments
A company claims to have received federal approval to market an ergonomic firearm as a medical device and hopes for the Medicare thumbs-up too
Search for 'God particle' hit by huge repair bill
15:01 05 December 2008 | 3 comments
Repairing the Large Hadron Collider is proving more difficult and costly – $29 million – than expected, says CERN
Mother of pearl mimic is toughest ever ceramic
14:32 05 December 2008 | 2 comments
Moulding a mineral on a template of ice helps yield a super-tough composite that could help make aircraft stronger
Over-budget Mars rover mission delayed until 2011
20:11 04 December 2008 | 2 comments
Technical problems are forcing NASA to delay the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory by two years, at a cost of $400 million
Complex dance of embryo cells filmed in new detail
19:00 04 December 2008
A new microscopy technique produces stunning movies of fly embryos developing, and enables a medical breakthrough
Large Hadron Collider gears up for July restart
THIS WEEK: 16:50 04 December 2008 | 9 comments
The huge particle smasher will be back up and running by the third quarter of 2009 – probably
Tiny 'paddleboat' could ship drugs around the body
FEATURE: 11:36 04 December 2008 | 2 comments
The device is the first artificial microswimmer to move without using chemical propulsion or bending itself into different shapes
First superconducting transistor promises PC revolution
FEATURE: 18:15 03 December 2008 | 34 comments
The breakthrough promises to put today's gigahertz processors in the shade – if practical hurdles can be overcome
ENERGY
Whatever happened to the hydrogen economy?
Will hydrogen ever transform the way we heat our homes and fuel our cars?
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
While you wait genome sequencing on the way
A company says it could rapidly sequence a person's genome for under $1000
FROM THE BLOG
Gulf war costs US consumers 3 to 15 cents a gallon
16:27 03 December 2008
How much does the US military spend on guaranteeing a supply of oil-based fuels from the Persian Gulf to road vehicles in the states? Between 3 and 15 cents for every gallon, in 2004 terms
Jamming on YouTube
11:00 03 December 2008
The news that YouTube is launching a search for talented classical musicians made me think of a far more interesting music phenomenon I noticed recently on that site.
Should the US taxpayer support green cars for rich people?
15:25 01 December 2008
Should a company that makes electric cars receive state support, even when it's vehicles are only for the rich?
VIDEO
Tiny 'paddleboat' could ship drugs around the body
The device is the first artificial microswimmer to move using rotation
VIDEO
Electron strobe turns atoms into movie stars
A microscope with a strobing electron source captures moving atoms in unprecedented detail
