Pundits and experts seem to agree that the robots are definitely taking our jobs. Pictured: Baxter of Rethink Robotics. Image: Flickr/Steve Jurvetson Yes, Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs—Now What? M.I.T. economist Erik Brynjolfsson explains how technology has affected […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The drugs mimic the benefits of diet and exercise, but have no effect on weight, say researchers (Source: Kzenon/iStockphoto) Science of anti-ageing drugs ‘validated’ Friday, 8 March 2013 Anna Salleh ABC Drugs to combat diseases of ageing have moved […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A silicon chip levitates individual atoms used in quantum information processing. Credit: Curt Suplee and Emily Edwards, Joint Quantum Institute and University of Maryland. Credit: Science Quantum computing moves forward March 8, 2013 by Catherine Zandonella New technologies that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Loading… GOCE: THE FIRST SEISMOMETER IN ORBIT 8 March 2013 Satellites map changes in Earth’s surface caused by earthquakes but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly in space – until now. ESA’s hyper-sensitive GOCE gravity […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Simulation of planets imaged by the Keck Telescope (left) compared to GPI (right). Image Credit: Christian Marois/Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics and Marshall Perrin/Space Telescope Science Institute Gemini Planet Imager: New Telescope Will Photograph Distant Worlds By Paul Scott Anderson […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ex nihilo: Dynamical Casimir effect in metamaterial converts vacuum fluctuations into real photons March 8, 2013 by Stuart Mason Dambrot (Phys.org) —In the strange world of quantum mechanics, the vacuum state (sometimes referred to as the quantum vacuum, simply […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this image of the brain of the transplanted mice, the human astrocytes appear in green (credit: University of Rochester Medical Center) Support cells found in human brain make mice smarter March 8, 2013 Glial cells — a family […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Antares rocket. (Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation) Cygnus module. (Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation) Cygnus standard and enhanced Pressurized Cargo Modules. (Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation) A Closer Look at Orbital’s Antares Rocket and Cygnus Freighter Posted by Doug Messier […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA Uncertainty remains the one certainty for NASA’s budgets By Jeff Foust on 2013 March 8 at 7:04 am ET One week ago today, budget sequestration formally went into effect, cutting NASA’s budget by five percent from its 2012 levels. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Image: A sandworm rears up out of the desert of Arrakis on the March, 1965 cover of Analog. I can never resist the chance to display the artwork of the remarkable John Schoenherr. What memories… Stranger Than Fiction by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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