Science & Technology

DNA double helix structures crystals 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 11, 2017
Method developed for DNA programmed material synthesis

By David Aragorn
This Robot Works 500% Faster Than Humans, and It Puts Thousands of Jobs at Risk 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 11, 2017
The robot, created by New York firm Construction Robotics, highlights the issues of employee displacement caused by automation in the construction industry.

By David Aragorn
Laser weapons edge toward use in US military 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 10, 2017
A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies.

By David Aragorn
This Strange Light Particle Behaviour Challenges Our Understanding of Quantum Theory 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 7, 2017
It’s even spookier than we predicted.

By David Aragorn
Researchers Think Portals May Link Our Visible World With The “Dark Sector”0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Long ago, physicists identified and categorized the components of the visible universe. Up until recently, 16 particles formed everything in the known universe. But now, thanks to the efforts of physicists at CERN working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), we have added another particle, the Higgs boson, to the Standard Model of physics.

By David Aragorn
Let there be light: Germans switch on ‘largest artificial sun’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Scientists hope experiment, which can generate temperatures of around 3,500C, will help to develop carbon-neutral fuel

By David Aragorn
And the Verdict Is …? Brain Scans Could Reveal Criminal Intentions 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
What if lawyers could prove that a person knowingly committed a crime by looking at scans of his or her brain? It sounds like something from a science fiction story, but a new study suggests that we may be one step closer to this reality.

By David Aragorn
Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Using the plant like scaffolding, scientists built a mini version of a working heart, which may one day aid in tissue regeneration.

By David Aragorn
Scientists predict reading ability from DNA alone 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 4, 2017
Researchers from King’s College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.

By David Aragorn
‘Super potato’ grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth’s arid areas 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 4, 2017
Scientists in Peru conducted experiments reminiscent of the 2015 Matt Damon film the Martian, creating similar conditions on Earth

By David Aragorn