Brain Cap Technology Turns Thought Into Motion; Mind-Machine Interface Could Lead to New Life-Changing Technologies for Millions of People

Brain Cap Technology Turns Thought Into Motion; Mind-Machine Interface Could Lead to New Life-Changing Technologies for Millions of People

  3:10:00 PM    Science Lover

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"Brain cap" technology being developed at the University of Maryland allows users to turn their thoughts into motion. Associate Professor of Kinesiology José 'Pepe' L. Contreras-Vidal and his team have created a non-invasive, sensor-lined cap with neural interface software...

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New Invisibility Cloak Hides Objects from Human View

New Invisibility Cloak Hides Objects from Human View

  2:26:00 PM    Science Lover

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For the first time, scientists have devised an invisibility cloak material that hides objects from detection using light that is visible to humans. The new device is a leap forward in cloaking materials, according to a report in the ACS journal Nano Letters. A real-life...

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Southampton engineers fly the world's first 'printed' aircraft

Southampton engineers fly the world's first 'printed' aircraft

  10:10:00 AM    Science Lover

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Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design. SULSA is the world's first "printed" aircraft. Credit: University of Southampton The SULSA (Southampton...

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New Way to Measure Expansion of Universe

New Way to Measure Expansion of Universe

  12:38:00 AM    Science Lover

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Using a measurement of the clustering of the galaxies surveyed, plus other information derived from observations of the early universe, researchers have measured the Hubble constant with an uncertainly of less than 5 percent. The new work draws on data from a survey of...

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Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

  9:46:00 AM    Science Lover

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Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic...

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Researchers develop prototype to detect fake websites

Researchers develop prototype to detect fake websites

  10:16:00 AM    Science Lover

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Do you go online to pay bills, shop, transfer funds, sign up for classes, send email or instant messages or search for medical information? If so, then this pertains to you. It seems logical that a more Internet-driven world would translate into a heightened awareness...

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Eat, Prey, Rain: New Model of Dynamics of Clouds and Rain Is Based On a Predator-Prey Population Model

Eat, Prey, Rain: New Model of Dynamics of Clouds and Rain Is Based On a Predator-Prey Population Model

  10:10:00 AM    Science Lover

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What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship between cloud systems, rain and tiny floating...

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Improving batteries' energy storage

Improving batteries' energy storage

  12:35:00 AM    Science Lover

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MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy per pound than the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the...

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Cellular Stress Can Induce Yeast to Promote Prion Formation

Cellular Stress Can Induce Yeast to Promote Prion Formation

  6:53:00 PM    Science Lover

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It's a chicken and egg question. Where do the infectious protein particles called prions come from? Essentially clumps of misfolded proteins, prions cause neurodegenerative disorders, such as mad cow/Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, in humans and animals. Prions trigger the misfolding and aggregation of their properly folded protein counterparts, but they usually need some kind of "seed" to get started. Biochemists...

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Engineering a new face after injury

Engineering a new face after injury

  1:19:00 AM    Science Lover

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Today, surgeons face many limitations when it comes to helping a patient who suffers from a severe craniofacial injury, or an injury pertaining to the skull and the face. Most often a result of cancer or war-related circumstances, the injury is both psychologically and...

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Artificial leaves make fuel from sunlight

Artificial leaves make fuel from sunlight

  10:06:00 AM    Science Lover

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Two teams of researchers in the US have taken important steps towards the creation of commercially viable "artificial leaf" – a hypothetical device that can turn sunlight into electrical energy or fuel by mimicking some aspects of photosynthesis. Daniel Nocera in his lab...

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Report Faults BBC Science Coverage

Report Faults BBC Science Coverage

  12:33:00 AM    Science Lover

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Journalists should focus more on accurately representing the science of climate change and vaccinations and less on impartiality, a new review finds. Meltic Arctic sea ice NASA Godard Space Flight Center There may be two sides to every story, but sometimes only one is...

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Endangered river turtle's genes reveal ancient influence of Maya Indians

Endangered river turtle's genes reveal ancient influence of Maya Indians

  7:35:00 PM    Science Lover

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A genetic study focusing on the Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) recently turned up surprising results for a team of Smithsonian scientists involved in the conservation of this critically endangered species. Small tissue samples collected from 238 wild turtles...

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