Articles on Science

Of science's frightful past & present - Oct 29, 2009

Blogs Whenever thought is directed at something aged, one would never have expected a correlation to that of possessing a scientifically driven nature that is perhaps a little too close for comfort ... Read story »

NASA: Lunar science showcase - Jun 15, 2009

Features As NASA embarks on the path to its next manned lunar mission, it is ramping up its efforts to study, and assist others to study the moon. Read story »

Dell Netbook targets youngsters - Aug 14, 2009

Crave Dell has partnered with Nickelodeon and Whyville.net to give life to its latest version of the Mini10v. According to Dell, the kids' Netbook has been designed with safe computing, education, and ... Read story »

Volume Slicing Display lets users view untethered 3D imagery - Dec 22, 2009

Crave If you've watched the science fiction film Avatar recently, you may have noticed one of the characters plucking a display panel from a desktop and continue using it as a ... Read story »

Invisibility cloak moving closer into view? - Jan 17, 2009

Crave The new cloak with the bump, left, and the prototype, right. That cloaking device we've been dreaming of appears to be one step closer to actual cloakdom, so start pondering ... Read story »

Cell phones to measure blood sugar levels? - Jun 20, 2008

Crave Three groups including Georgetown University teamed up mid this week to develop a new way to measure the glucose levels of diabetes patients without a finger prick to draw their blood. ... Read story »

On the shoulders of THE giant - Feb 5, 2008

Blogs So we made artificial life. We did, on January 24, make the first synthetic lifeform. But we pale in comparison with the real thing as observed by the New York Times. Our ... Read story »

A tooth for an eye, a tooth for an eye... wait, wah? - Sep 23, 2009

Blogs It is written in the Torah to "show no pity: Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot". In today's world, the ancients would ... Read story »

Mantis shrimps unlock future DVD technology - Oct 27, 2009

Crave These mantis shrimps native to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia are not only a sight to behold, they may also unlock a piece of the puzzle in future DVD ... Read story »

Save your hair, save the earth - Sep 9, 2009

Crave Did you know that in most cases, the hair you chop off at the stylists do not end up in the bin? Instead, most of them are recycled as wigs ... Read story »

Real or Rumor: Do Star Trek-like universal translators exist? - Sep 7, 2009

Crave Have you ever wondered about some of the rumors you read on the Internet? Yes, we are talking about sites claiming to have seen the latest mobile phone or MP3 player, ... Read story »

Smooching robots do it for real, what next? - Aug 26, 2009

Crave Does anyone draw the line at this? With robots now taking over the fashion catwalk, it's only a matter of time before they can be engineered to run our lives ... Read story »

Your next caregiver could be a robo bear - Aug 28, 2009

Crave W00t! It looks like robots may soon infiltrate the nursing profession, besides the theater, catwalk and home. What's a little more offputting is that RIBA, the new Robot for Interactive ... Read story »

Frankencamera is open source, runs on Linux - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Marc Levoy, professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, said: "The premise of the project is to build a camera that is open source." On his right is graduate student ... Read story »

New JVC projectors set a new bar in native contrast - Sep 15, 2009

Crave JVC DLA-RS35 JVC will be shipping its latest Reference Series home theater projectors to selected Asia countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand from this October. Besides offering their predecessor's rich ... Read story »

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