MIT Researchers Study Theoretical Speed Limit of Flight
MIT researchers state that all flying objects must observe a theoretical speed limit in order to avoid a crash. Flying faster than this speed will…
MIT researchers state that all flying objects must observe a theoretical speed limit in order to avoid a crash. Flying faster than this speed will…
A recent discovery shows that people living along the coast of Peru were eating corn in several fashions, including popcorn and flour corn, before ceramic…
MIT researchers discovered a new algorithm that is faster than the Fourier transform. This new algorithm is based on two key ideas: divide a signal…
The fossils, which had been ‘lost’ for 165 years, were rediscovered by chance by the British Geological Survey. Some of these were collected by Charles…
It’s a well-known fact that noises carry a lot further underwater than in the air, but recently marine biologists noticed that underwater noises might disturb…
Mosquitoes are able to fly adeptly during a rainstorm as well as under clear skies, but how do they manage that feat? Since mosquitoes weigh…
National Institute of Standards and Technology postdoctoral researcher Alex Smolyanitsky developed software to quantify the friction found on graphene. The software is able to show…
While most people think that ZIP codes were originally created randomly, there is actually an order to the US mail system. Since it turns out…
Contrary to what was previously believed, the earliest cases of the Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) were not the current 12 known cases reported in Mumbai…
Acquired in 1996 and typically used for studying hurricanes, the Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) operated by NOAA will have a new mission for the next two…
California is leading the way in a groundbreaking push for safer alternatives to toxic chemicals. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the U.S….
Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, such as PS 10 and PS20 located in Spain, help supply clean electricity to thousands of homes; but researchers at…
The real-time social networking service Twitter has yielded data that would have tracked the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti, which began in October 2010, faster…
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) needs stronger, lighter, and more resilient materials that can be used in any number of applications from armor to…
Octopuses have found a novel way of beating the frigid temperatures of the Antarctic waters by using RNA editing to customize crucial nervous system proteins,…
The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, returned to Hawaii to study the Kilauea volcano. Mounted under NASA’s…
The Cornell CAC has recently received an award for excellence in the field of high performance computing. The award was given to them from the…
While you might just need a pencil and your brain to fill in this week’s Sudoku puzzle, an Irish mathematician used millions of hours of…