Technology

Recreated Video Shows What Neil Armstrong Saw During The Apollo 11 Tranquility Base Lunar Landing

As the Apollo 11 Lunar Module approached the moon's surface for the first manned landing, commander Neil Armstrong switched off the auto-targeting feature of the LM's computer and flew the spacecraft manually. A new video, created at Arizona Stat ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2019 - 1:57pm

How To Choose A Secure Password.

C hoosing a good but memorable password is hard. Here are some tips on how you can do it.  The best practice is to have a password manager, other than your web browser, and use it.  Do not use obvious personal information as part of a password.  ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 18 2019 - 8:42am

Teamscience.net Hopes To Get Scientists To Collaborate Better- And It Seems To Work

As government control of science funding increased, and government spent billions convincing young scholars that only government-funded academia was a fulfilling science career, competition grew at a rapid pace. And collaboration declined. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2019 - 1:22pm

Artificial Cells Sense And Respond To Their Environment

Responding to chemical changes is a crucial function of biological cells. For example, cells can respond to chemicals by creating certain proteins, boosting energy production, or self-destructing. Chemicals are also used by cells to communicate with each o ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2019 - 3:37pm

Telepathic Gaming: Co-Op With Friends Using Only Your Minds

Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the University of Washington. A team created a method that allows three people to work together to solve a problem using only their minds. In BrainNet, three people p ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2019 - 7:00am

Graphene-Lined Clothing To Prevent Mosquito Bites

Some mosquito species, such as Aedes aegypti, have been able to weave their way through evolutionary time despite having no ecological value, basically being just delivery mechanisms for things like Dengue fever, the most common vector-borne disease in the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 27 2019 - 1:18pm

Net Generation: Z And Millennials Think They Use Technology Without Losing Productivity. Actually...

Millennials, the first "Net Generation," say they can use many technologies simultaneously, masterfully switching from emails to instant messaging, app notifications, RSS feeds, and rants on Twitter much better than older generations. Maybe they ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2019 - 3:24pm

This Snake Crawls Through The Brain’s Blood Vessels- And That's A Good Thing

To clear blood clots in the brain, doctors often perform an endovascular procedure, where a surgeon inserts a thin wire through a patient’s main artery, usually in the leg or groin. Guided by a fluoroscope that simultaneously images the blood vessels using ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2019 - 11:58am

Precision Electronic Medicine And The Future Of Mind Control

Implanted brain electrodes can help alleviate symptoms of tremors like with Parkinson's disease but current probes face limitations due to their size and inflexibility. Neurotechnology may be on the verge of a major renaissance and mesh electronics co ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2019 - 12:57pm

Get Ready For Phyjama- A Pajama That Can Monitor Heart And Respiration While You Sleep

At the Ubicomp 2019 conference,University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate students Ali Kiaghadi and S. Zohreh Homayounfar debuted health-monitoring sleepwear they call "phyjamas." The electronically active garments contain unobtrusive, portable ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 13 2019 - 12:00pm