This week I’ll swap the traffic and sunshine of Los Angeles for the rainforests of Indonesia, where I’ll be living for the next 18 months. The reason for my long trip is to collect data for my PhD dissertation studying orangutans, and I’m excited to be writing this expedition blog which...

Students virtually dissect hologram-like 3-D cadaver The 3-D virtual reality cadaver floats in space like a hologram on an invisible gurney. University of Michigan 3-D Lab employee Sean Petty stands a few inches away. Petty wears special glasses and uses a joystick to arbitrarily slice away...

In what is being called a major step forward in genetic engineering, scientists have built a customized copy of an entire yeast chromosome. Experts say it may lead to a better understanding of how the thousands of genes contained in these packages of genetic material work together in...

3D-printed skull implanted in patient In a worldwide first, brain surgeon Dr. Bon Verweij of the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht successfully replaced the complete skull of a 22-year-old woman with a 3D-printed, tailor-made plastic skull in a surgical procedure that lasted 23...

Panasonic develops stand-alone PV power system The company’s Power Supply Container generates and stores solar energy, and is ideal for for rural off-grid areas. Japanese eectronics giant Panasonic has this week unveiled a new stand-alone solar power system that the company claims is ideal...

Hands-on creations from robots to rockets were highlighted at a Northern Virginia Maker Faire. Artists, inventors and hobbyists shared their knowledge of things they make themselves, which included science innovations. At the faire in Reston, Virginia, children discovered that science can be...

Ahli-ahli palaentologi telah menemukan sisa-sisa fosil Tyrannosaurus rex kerdil di Alaska utara. Makhluk prasejarah tersebut, yang hidup di Arktik sekitar 70 juta tahun lalu, pada periode Cretaceous, berukuran setengah sepupunya yang ditakuti. Diberi nama Nanuqsaurus, atau “kadal beruang...

Launching Ceremony PLTD 170 MW (125 MW di Pemaron dan 45 MW di Pesanggaran) telah dilaksanakan pada hari selasa (11/03) di Unit Bisnis Pembangkitan dan Operasi Pemeliharaan (UBPOH) Bali , dihadiri General Manager, IGAN Subawa Putra, Divisi Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Usaha, Kepala Divisi...

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has lined up over a dozen missions, including its first probe on the Sun, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said on Friday. Though, the mission to probe the Sun was already on the cards, the agency now has a clear picture of its plan and had put a...

We have the technology to empower the developing world. Now we need to make it a priority. While Silicon Valley obsesses over which social app Facebook will acquire for billions with the next spin of the wheel, an unsung fleet of entrepreneurs and philanthropists are doggedly working to...

As the Internet celebrates its 25th anniversary, a group of experts is trying to imagine how technology will influence our lives 10 years down the road. The report, which was done by the Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, combines the “imaginings” of...

NASA researchers examining a 13-kg meteorite from Mars have discovered curved micro-tunnels that are consistent with moving water. The 1.3-billion-year-old Martian rock, found 14 years ago in the Yamato Glacier in Antarctica, is believed to have landed in Antarctica some 50,000 years ago. It...

Car shows around the world increasingly suggest that in the not-too-distant future, cars will feature autopilots handling some of the driving. The auto show now under way in Geneva, Switzerland, is showcasing other possible trends – including cars manufactured by 3D printers. The future...

Jamie Edwards was allowed to make “a star in a jar” after promising his headteacher he would not “blow up the school”. He was inspired to build the reactor from scratch after reading about the achievement of the previous youngest “fusioneer” American Taylor Wilson, who was 14 when...

Scientists Identify Four New Ozone Depleting Gases in Atmosphere Scientists have identified four new man-made gases in the atmosphere that they say are helping to destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer. Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers said that there are about 74,000,000...

A new diving suit will allow oceanographers to explore the underwater world up to four times deeper than today’s most advanced compressed air gear. In addition, the new suit will allow divers to stay underwater for hours, so they can explore marine life up close as never before.   The...

After seeing incredible sunrise photos of Mount Bromo — an active volcano in Indonesia — I decided that it was time to pay it a visit. I traveled to Mount Bromo for three days in 2012, and on that trip, I took my first image of the Milky Way. I realized Mount Bromo has a lot more to offer...

NASA’s New Climate Satellite Hopes to Save Lives—and Maybe the Planet. NASA wants to measure every raindrop and snowflake on Earth. Here’s why that matters. The mission for NASA’s shiniest new toy doesn’t sound all that compelling. The Global Precipitation Measurement...

“OK Glass, show me an X-ray.” Surgeons at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital are turning to Glass to summon patient records and more, with the hospital the first to use Google’s wearable during abdominal surgery. Two physicians, Dr. Szotek and Dr. Jeff Browne, each...

If you have been following Google recently you will have noticed how the company seems to snapping up every robotics company and intelligence system in sight. Just in the last few months, Google has acquired Nest, the company responsible for making the smart thermostat, as well as Boston...

Despite efforts to limit their use through implementation of charges or bans, billions of plastic bags continue to clog landfills, waterways and the world’s oceans every year. Already a potential source for carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes, researchers have provided another reason not...

Adm. William McRaven, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, expects special operators to be wearing Tactical Assault Light Operator Suits by 2018, he told attendees of a National Defense Industrial Association symposium Tuesday.   The TALOS, dubbed the ‘Iron Man’ suit, is...

More Americans would rather go without sex than without their mobile phone, laptop or Internet access, according to new survey. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, a market research firm, showed that 20 percent of American adults polled said they could not do without sex. That’s...

Under a new program called Lunar Catalyst, U.S. space agency NASA will provide free technical expertise, equipment, facilities and software to help selected companies develop lunar landers, officials said on Monday. “The intent of this initiative is to stimulate and help...

Google Inc has unveiled a set of fashionable prescription frames and shades for its Glass Internet-connected eyewear in an image makeover to give it broader appeal before a mass launch in the United States later this year. Google also announced a deal with Vision Service Plan, the largest U.S....

The difference between the amount of energy the Earth receives from the sun and the energy it radiates back to space affects whether our planet’s climate warms or cools. For now, nobody can measure that temperature difference precisely, but scientists at Johns Hopkins University’s...

Last month, China successfully landed an unmanned probe on the Moon. The mission renewed a debate about the potential exploitation of the Moon’s resources and who exactly owns the Earth’s only natural satellite. China’s Chang’e 3 mission was the first so-called soft lunar landing in...