Breakthrough in Converting Seaweed to Biofuel
Technology developed by Bio Architecture Lab, primarily an engineered microbe that can metabolize alginate, may make seaweed an economical feedstock for the production of biofuel. Since…
500 Million Year Old Tulip-Shaped Creature Discovered
Fossils found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies reveal a strange creature with a tulip shape. This ocean animal, officially named Siphusauctum…
Construction Begins on Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
On January 18, a groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of construction of a new exhibit that will become the permanent home for Space Shuttle Atlantis….
Survey Team Rediscovers Near-Extinct Monkey In the Jungles of Borneo
Researchers rediscovered Miller’s grizzled langur in Borneo’s jungles, which was feared extinct, in the rain forest preserve of Wehea, located 90 miles west of the…
VISTA Telescope Uses IR to Show Helix Nebula In New Light
The Helix Nebula in the Aquarius constellation, located some 700 light-years away from Earth, was just observed by the piercing infrared gaze of the VISTA…
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Reports Decreases in Acid Rain
The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program stated a decrease in acid rain in a report that was presented to Congress. The report states that sulfur…
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…
NASA’s GISS Releases Data Showing 2011 was Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
2011 proved to be another warm year for the average global temperature. NASA scientists stated that 2011 was the ninth warmest year since 1880 and…
Researchers Discover Dark Galaxy 10 Billion Light Years From Earth
Using the 10-meter Keck-11 Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, a team of researchers discovered a dark dwarf galaxy 9.8 billion light-years from Earth. This is…
NASA Satellite Image Shows La Niña Peaking in Intensity
The recent NASA satellite image shows that La Niña is peaking in intensity, increasing the odds that the southern and southwestern United States will remain…
Researchers Discover Ancient Corn in Peru
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…
Adaptive Optics Will Put Gemini Twin Telescopes at the Forefront of Astronomy Again
Together, the twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory, which consists of two 8.1 m (27 ft) telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, provide almost complete coverage…
Smart Pills Will Track Patients from the Inside Out
Proteus Biomedical’s smart pills, which are pills that include embedded microchips, are set to launch this year in the United Kingdom, with the collaboration of…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Measures Magnetic Fields on Sun’s Surface
The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory helps map the sun’s magnetic fields and has been gathering data since 2010. Recent vector…
OptiQ Ultra Thermal Windows Reduce Energy Loss by up to 40 Percent
Traco and the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy partnered up to developed the new energy efficient OptiQ Ultra Thermal Windows. These windows…
ESA’s Hershel Space Telescope Captures Incredible Views of Eagle Nebula
The European Space Agency’s Hershel space telescope has captured new, gorgeous views of the Eagle Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Serpens constellation. The…
Evolutionary Biologists Make Multicellular Life Evolve in the Lab
The evolutionary transition between single-celled organisms and multicellular life as we know it took several billion years to occur in nature, but under artificial pressure,…
New Algorithm Faster Than Fourier Transform
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…
