Bangkitnya Ekonomi Kreatif Indonesia. Menyaksikan bangkitnya anak-anak muda di Indonesia berkreasi dalam mencari nafkah lewat medium internet dengan sasaran perusahaan global dunia, agaknya bisa menyejukkan kalangan elite penyelenggara pemerintahan. Setidaknya, pemerintah tak perlu pusing...

UGM (Universitas Gajah Mada) – Boeing menyepakati kerjasama joint study di bidang kedirgantaraan. Kesepakatan kerjasama tersebut diwujudkan melalui pertemuan antara kedua belah pihak di UGM, Jumat (15/8) bertempat di R. Majelis Guru Besar. Dari pihak Boeing hadir dalam pertemuan itu...

Amazon taps Redlands for its fifth California distribution center. With more and more people shopping online, Amazon.com Inc. announced Thursday it plans to open its fifth California distribution center here and its third in the Inland Empire. The new 700,000-square-foot center is expected to...

Origami Inspires Foldable Spacecraft Components And Space-Based Solar Power Arrays. As a high school student at a study program in Japan, Brian Trease would fold wrappers from fast-food cheeseburgers into cranes. He loved discovering different origami techniques in library books. Today,...

China to send orbiter to moon and back. Probe will travel to the moon and return to Earth before end of year, as China ramps up ambitious space programme. China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year, the government has announced, in the latest step in its ambitious...

Three Strategies for Improving STEM Education. “Science is an engine of prosperity. You want to invite people in at all stages of life.” Such were the words of Marietta DiChristina, Editor in Chief of Scientific American and co-organizer of the 2nd annual Executive STEM Summit in New York...

Google Science Fair 2014 finalists are improving healthcare and battling world hunger. What do you like to do? Do what you love to do and do what you good at. It’s your turn to change the world. Google announced the 15 global finalists for its 2014 science fair and with participants...

Toilet Pintar Baru Untuk Mencegah Polusi Air di Wilayah Bencana Kerusakan sistem sanitasi akibat perang atau bencana alam bisa memperburuk tragedi tersebut, menimbulkan penyakit dan meningkatkan resiko kematian di antara para korban yang selamat. Sering kali setelah bencana terjadi, para...

Record-smashing 43Tbps transfer speed over fiber optic achieved Using souped-up fiber, the Technical University of Denmark has set a new record for transmitting data over one channel: 43 terabits per second. The High-Speed Optical Communications group at the university’s photonics...

Tesla Bangun Pabrik Baterai Terbesar di Dunia Produsen mobil listrik Amerika Tesla Motors dan perusahaan Jepang Panasonic Corporation sepakat membangun pabrik baterai terbesar di dunia. Menurut kesepakatan yang ditandatangani hari Kamis (31/7), pabrik – yang dikenal sebagai Gigafactory...

ESA Spacecraft to Land on a Comet After a long flight through deep space, a European Space Agency probe is finally approaching its target – a comet millions of kilometers away from earth. Scientists say the mission may lead to some startling discoveries about the origins of the water on...

Google’s “Baseline Study” aims to get clear picture of human health Google’s newest project aims to create a crowd-sourced picture of human health by collecting anonymous genetic and molecular information from participants. The project, called Baseline Study, will start off...

Science Is Finally Making Glass That Birds Won’t Fly Into Birds flying into window panes might be the stuff of cartoon comic fodder, but the reality is bleak: Hundreds of millions of birds die from flying into transparent glass every year. Thankfully, science is finally putting a stop to...

Emirates Paves Way for a Middle East Space Programme With Its Mission to Mars The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to launch a mission to Mars by 2021. A first for the Arab world, the mission and accompanying Space Agency are a big deal for the UAE – scientifically and...

nanoFLOWCELL unveils flow cell battery prototype vehicle Liechtenstein-based nanoFLOWCELL unveiled the QUANT e-Sportslimousine, a prototype vehicle equipped with a nanoFLOWCELL flow cell battery powertrain, at the Geneva Motor Show. This flow cell system supports an electric driving range of...

Ford Motor Corp Invents New Way To Shape Metal The English Wheel is a tool, some call it a machine, that allows a sheet of metal to be formed. It requires a skilled craftsman to use it, and although it is a time-consuming process, it can create a variety of shapes and forms by stretching the...

A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened up at the ‘End of the World’ in Siberia The gigantic crater and hole was first spotted by helicopter pilots earlier this week as they flew over the Tamal peninsula – a region appropriately called the “end of the world.” Experts and...

Can heart attack damage be reversed? In medical school, Gerald Karpman was taught that when it comes to matters of the heart, what’s done is done. “If you survived the heart attack, you survived at the level that you were going to be,” he recalls. “Whatever damage was...

Go Inside the Factory That Makes the World’s Solar Panels While you’re watching the final game of the World Cup today, keep a keen eye on the advertisements along the sidelines. You’re likely to see the name Yingli Solar: a massive Chinese solar power manufacturer that few...

A new super stealthy, military-grade motorcycle is now on the prowl in Los Angeles, quietly hunting criminals in hard-to-reach places. The Los Angeles Police Department has purchased the sleek new Zero MMX electric motorcycle for its fleet of off-road patrol units, cops confirmed to the Daily...

Harley-Davidson tak selamanya identik dengan sepeda motor berkapasitas mesin besar dan boros bahan bakar. Mengikuti tantangan zaman yang makin membutuhkan kendaraan ramah lingkungan, pabrikan moge asal Milwaukee, AS ini baru saja mengumumkan sepeda motor listrik pertamanya yang diberi nama...

NASA wants to send a quadcopter to Saturn’s giant moon Titan Saturn’s largest moon Titan fascinates the scientists at NASA due to its dense atmosphere and the presence of stable bodies of surface liquid alongside ice and rock. The nitrogen rich atmosphere experiences wind and rain, meaning...

Japan PM Abe wants to stage 2020 Robot Olympics Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to stage a “Robot Olympics” in 2020, the same year Tokyo hosts the Summer Games, local media reported Thursday. Abe also revealed plans for a task force to develop Japan’s robot industry...

The first transatlantic “scent messages” were exchanged today (June 17) between New York City and Paris, and they smelled like champagne and macaroons. At the American Museum of Natural History here in Manhattan, co-inventors David Edwards, a Harvard professor, and Rachel Field...

Nasa reveals latest designs for a Star Trek-style spacecraft that could make interstellar travel a reality A Nasa scientist in Houston worked with an artist to create the concept The interstellar spacecraft builds on previous designs that theoretically allow distant travel by bending...

“The Last Man on the Moon” recalls US era of courage to do the impossible In 1972 Apollo 17 astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan became the last man on the moon. Cernan, a US Navy fighter pilot handpicked by Nasa in 1966 despite not applying for the space programme, nor having gone to...

A Teen Just Invented Footwear That Charges Your Phone As You Walk. Angelo Casimiro, a 15-year-old Filipino inventor, created footwear that generates electricity to charge your cell phone as you run and walk. In his entry video for Google’s Science Fair, Casimiro explains, “We know as a...

These Easy-To-Install Solar Car Chargers Can Create EV Infrastructure Where We Need It The EV ARC charging station fits in a parking space and collects energy from a canopy of solar panels. Wherever people need a charge, now we can give them one. Electric car sales doubled last year, but it...

Researchers discover hormone that controls supply of iron in red blood cell production Findings could lead to treatments for blood disorders associated with both iron deficiencies and overloads UCLA research team has discovered a new hormone called erythroferrone, which regulates the iron...

Australia’s Koalas Hug Trees to Stay Cool, Study Finds Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) cope with extreme heat by resting against cooler tree trunks, according to a new study led by Dr Michael Kearney from the University of Melbourne’s Department of Zoology. In Australia, heat wave events...