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New Element 117 is a step toward useful super-heavy elements
The newest, heaviest element has been confirmed under laboratory conditions, and its synthesis could help produce even heavier cousins with all-new useful properties.
Newly discovered element 117 is a step toward useful super-heavy elements
The newest, heaviest element has been confirmed under laboratory conditions, and its synthesis could help produce even heavier cousins with all-new useful properties.
Scientists turn skin cells into sperm cells, but raise provocative new questions
New research, just published in the journal Cell Reports, suggests that sperm cells can be created in the lab from skin cells. What this really means is that the limitations to further progress in the science of cloning and stem … Continue reading
AMD’s Project Skybridge: New ARM and x86 chips that are pin-compatible
At its Core Innovation Update press conference, AMD has outlined the future of its x86 and ARM efforts. The most notable announcement was the unveiling of Project Skybridge, which in 2015 will see new 20nm x86 and ARM SoCs that … Continue reading
Crysis 3 hacked to run at 8K, gives us a beautiful glimpse of gaming in the future
You know how your computer struggles to run Crysis 3 at 1920×1080 at very high detail? And you know how beautiful it looks, even at that humdrum resolution? Well, now an enthusiast called K-putt has used a hacked Crysis 3 … Continue reading
New, young blood can reverse some signs of aging, improve cognitive abilities
Well, here’s a Monday morning doozy: It turns out that drinking the blood of the young and innocent may actually improve your strength and intelligence. Two separate research groups, publishing their results in Science and Nature Medicine today, found that … Continue reading
Sony develops tech for 185TB tapes: 3,700 times more storage than a Blu-ray disc
There was a time, in computing’s not-so-distant past, where magnetic tape was the best way to back up large amounts of data. In the mid-90s, tape could storage tens or hundreds of gigabytes, while hard drive capacities were still mostly … Continue reading
SanDisk’s collosal 4TB SSD: Does this mean SSDs will soon provide more storage than hard drives?
SanDisk announced a 4TB SSD last week — does that mean mega-NAND drives are right around the corner? Unfortunately, not — at least, not without four and five-digit price tags attached.
Students prove real-life Star Wars deflector shield is possible
Star Wars is science fiction, but deflector shields like the ones in the films might be possible with today’s technology. There are still a few kinks to work out, but a group of physics students have figured out the basics.
Watch SpaceX’s reusable rocket hover at high altitude, scare some cows, and then land perfectly again
SpaceX has had a pretty good run the last couple of weeks. The main booster from its CRS-3 resupply mission to the ISS returned to Earth and landed softly in the Atlantic Ocean — a world first for space launches. … Continue reading
