One of the projects spawned by the Department of Defense's massive investment in the social sciences is an ambitious visualization of how militant groups operate and interact.READ»
Using tobacco to fight emphysema is certainly unexpected, especially for the scientists who were working on a way to prevent pandemics when they stumbled on this much more marketable medical breakthrough.READ»
What if your smartphone kept track of each time you didn't use your blinker or swerved suddenly and compiled a record of how bad a driver you are? Big Brother or big business?READ»
Fracking causes local water to be poisonous and flammable--not something you'd want to put in your body. But what if scientists could make it drinkable again? Would you be willing to take a sip?READ»
Divers of the future may come across an interesting sea-dweller, if the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have their way. Thousands of autonomous underwater explorers (AUEs), or robotic probes, will be deployed throughout the ...READ»
The botanically-minded among you will be fascinated by the developments of an upcoming augmented reality application being created by The National Science Foundation. As we reported in "Scientists Developing iPhone App to ...READ»
