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Hubble Detects Furthest Oldest Galaxy... Again?!

Click to enlarge Yes, I know. I know! It seems like every other day astronomers have discovered the "oldest most distant galaxy." Although "breaking the record" alone is of little sci...

Megacities

(Image: Wu Hong/EPA/Corbis) NO, YOU haven't slipped into a dream within a dream within a dream. This megacity, which you'd be forgiven for thinking is the dream-limbo city featured in the m...

Breathing techniques for cyclists

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Custom wooden helmet

While many in the helmet industry are busy finding the latest technological innovations to build new, safer helmets, one man in Oregon is turning to a primitive material to make custom-designed helm...

Company unveils small personal-sized hydroelectricity generator

December 14, 2012 by Bob Yirka report Company unveils small personal-sized hydroelectricity generator Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-company-unveils-small-personal-sized-hydro...

Recharge your gadgets on the go

Got a stylish geek on your holiday gift list? New lines of laptop bags recharge your gadgets on the go. Plus, some are eco-friendly and come in pretty new colors. A win-win-win (except for the pr...

Plastic Could Replace Glass

Everyone loves a good touch screen -- until it drops and gets cracked. The only other material that was feasible for them was plastic, but there wasn’t one that was strong and hard enough, until n...

Eavesdropping technology to help govts monitor Internet chats

According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects’ communications. But now, Dennis Chang, president...

Bluetooth headset allows voice-activated hands-free chat

Cardo Bluetooth BK-1 offers hands-free cycling communication Cardo_056-CloseUp Cardo Systems are well known for their ...

Learning foreign languages triggers brain growth

In the Swedish Academy of young translators, new recruits study a crash course in complex languages. It is not only about military discipline: specialists discovered that intensive study of foreign ...

Scientists identify cause of chronic inflammation in cancers

SINGAPORE - A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme telomerase as a cause of chronic inflammation in ...

MasterCard introduces next generation 'Display Card'

MasterCard, in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank Singapore, has unveiled Singapore's first interactive payment card, or security token card, using MasterCard's Display Card technology, hera...

Cycling could help cancer patients with their recovery

women cycling.jpg Aerobic exercise, particularly a gentle form like cycling and walking, can help with recovery from cancer, a study has shown. Researchers from the University of Bristol h...

The mind-reading cycle helmet

Does it get a green light from you, or a red flag? MindRider cycle helmet (Source Arlene Ducao, MIT) A master’s student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed ...

Tropical citizens die 7.7 years sooner?

SYDNEY: People living in the tropics are likely to die more than seven years younger than those in other regions, according to the first findings of a global research project. The...

Foldable helmet

overade' is a foldable unisex helmet, designed by patrick jouffret of french design studio agency 360 in collaboration with engineer philippe arrouart. the device provides as much protection as ...

Will Driverless Cars Dominate Our Future?

I’ve long been fascinated by the study of traffic. Those hours we all spend in the soft glow of brake lights help researchers turn questions about human behavior, urban planning and risk assessmen...

Tunable light bulbs could help you sleep better

A new generation of colour-changing LED light bulbs may help you relax, concentrate, or even improve your sleep habits DESPITE their vital role, light bulbs don't often come to mind when we think ...

Bug munches plastic trash, possibly cleaning oceans

Nature may have found a way to dispose of the huge amounts of plastic garbage, which has been increasingly accumulating in the oceans. A small bacteria feeding on it has been discovered...

Bananas have key role in food for the warming world

Study says that with rising temperatures, fruit can replace the potato as a staple food in some developing temperate countries... A newly released report says that climate change could make the b...

Batteries not required, just plug into ear cells

For the first time, an electrical device has been powered by the ear alone. The team behind the technology used a natural electrochemical gradient in cells within the inner ear of a guinea pig to ...

Smartphone gives bikes an automatic gearbox

Forget bicycles with gears that you have to change yourself: the first wireless automatic gearbox for a bike does it all for you. The system, unveiled today, uses your smartphone to calculate the ...

Fast, low-cost early cancer detection from a drop of blood

It may soon be possible to test a person for cancer with just a drop of their blood and a small machine. An EPFL team is developing an extremely sensitive, easy-to-use device for detecti...

How the Internet of everything will change the world

Internet of Everything (credit: Cisco) From the Internet of Things (IoT), where we are today, we are just beginning to enter a new realm: the Internet of Everything (...

One Way Around the Traffic Muddle in Brooklyn: Riding a Bicycle

In post-storm New York, the bike is having a moment of sorts. Crowded shuttle buses helped supplement subway service on Thursday. With sub...

First gene therapy to go on sale in Europe in 2013

THE HAGUE - Dutch biotech company uniQure said Monday it would start selling the first human gene therapy to be approved in the West by mid-2013 and predicted an explosion of similar therapies to co...

Sunglasses Record Video via Tiny Lens between Eyes

“These sunglasses sure do take nice video.” [Pause for effect.] "Really they do!" Meet Pivothead, a hybrid optics brand that's like an amalgam of a GoPro and Oakley. ...

Always-on Android voice-controlled Ubi starts pre-orders

Phys.org)—The Toronto-based company Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation has announced that its Ubi is now available for pre-order. Ubi, a Kickstarter project, was named to serve as a shortha...

Mine your language: Software decodes company reports

COMPANY financial reports don't usually make for thrilling reading, but with the ability to make or break fortunes, they come under intense scrutiny. Now software that can extract information ...

How science can build a better you

How far would you go to modify yourself using the latest medical technology? In a New York Times article Saturday, author and broadcaster David Ewing Duncan offers a partial checklist of cuttin...