More from Rebecca Boyle (Page 8)

World’s Oldest Fossils Show Sulfur-Based Microbes Lived 3.4 Billion Years Ago, Presenting a New Target for Astrobiology
Science

World’s Oldest Fossils Show Sulfur-Based Microbes Lived 3.4 Billion Years Ago, Presenting a New Target for Astrobiology

By Rebecca Boyle

The Recession’s Toll on the Green Economy
Technology

The Recession’s Toll on the Green Economy

By Rebecca Boyle

13-Year-Old Designs Super-Efficient Solar Array Based on the Fibonacci Sequence
Renewables

13-Year-Old Designs Super-Efficient Solar Array Based on the Fibonacci Sequence

By Rebecca Boyle

New Computer Chip Modeled on a Living Brain Can Learn and Remember
DARPA

New Computer Chip Modeled on a Living Brain Can Learn and Remember

By Rebecca Boyle

Symbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen “Fuel Cells” for Deep-Sea Mussels
Animals

Symbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen “Fuel Cells” for Deep-Sea Mussels

By Rebecca Boyle

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo
Health

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo

By Rebecca Boyle

New Microscope Uses X-Rays To Resolve Nanoscale Details
Technology

New Microscope Uses X-Rays To Resolve Nanoscale Details

By Rebecca Boyle

Blood Test Can Tell Fetus’s Sex at Just 7 Weeks
Health

Blood Test Can Tell Fetus’s Sex at Just 7 Weeks

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Self-Assembling Microparticle Machines Pick Up and Transport Material, Forming Spontaneous Assembly Lines
Technology

Video: Self-Assembling Microparticle Machines Pick Up and Transport Material, Forming Spontaneous Assembly Lines

By Rebecca Boyle

Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher
Drones

Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher

By Rebecca Boyle

Carefully Engineered to Survive Fierce Radiation, Juno Probe Launches Today to Visit Jupiter
Solar System

Carefully Engineered to Survive Fierce Radiation, Juno Probe Launches Today to Visit Jupiter

By Rebecca Boyle

Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons That Collided to Form the One We Know
Moons

Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons That Collided to Form the One We Know

By Rebecca Boyle

Appeals Court Upholds Companies’ Right to Patent Genes, But the Future of Gene Research Remains Unclear
Science

Appeals Court Upholds Companies’ Right to Patent Genes, But the Future of Gene Research Remains Unclear

By Rebecca Boyle

Herschel Telescope Finds Oxygen Molecules in Space
Science

Herschel Telescope Finds Oxygen Molecules in Space

By Rebecca Boyle

Largest Fungus In The World Found Under Tree in China
Environment

Largest Fungus In The World Found Under Tree in China

By Rebecca Boyle

Foxconn Plans to Replace Its Gadget-Building Unhappy Human Workforce With 1 Million Robots
Technology

Foxconn Plans to Replace Its Gadget-Building Unhappy Human Workforce With 1 Million Robots

By Rebecca Boyle

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues
Cancer

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

By Rebecca Boyle

Things We Can Learn From Dolphins: Electro-Sensing, Amazing Powers of Healing
Animals

Things We Can Learn From Dolphins: Electro-Sensing, Amazing Powers of Healing

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Retract Controversial Longevity Study, Blaming Equipment, But Argue They Were Still Right
Science

Scientists Retract Controversial Longevity Study, Blaming Equipment, But Argue They Were Still Right

By Rebecca Boyle

The Future of Elections: Startup “Americans Elect” Plans an Internet-Based Third-Party Convention in 2012
Technology

The Future of Elections: Startup “Americans Elect” Plans an Internet-Based Third-Party Convention in 2012

By Rebecca Boyle

Fresh Data From CERN and Tevatron Gives A Glimpse of the God Particle
Particle Physics

Fresh Data From CERN and Tevatron Gives A Glimpse of the God Particle

By Rebecca Boyle

New Study of Gulf Oil Spill Details the Plume’s Chemical Makeup, Helping Explain Where the Oil Went
Fossil Fuels

New Study of Gulf Oil Spill Details the Plume’s Chemical Makeup, Helping Explain Where the Oil Went

By Rebecca Boyle

Shuttle Heads Home for the Last Time, Bidding Farewell to International Space Station
Technology

Shuttle Heads Home for the Last Time, Bidding Farewell to International Space Station

By Rebecca Boyle

How Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener
Hybrid Cars

How Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener

By Rebecca Boyle

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life
Health

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life

By Rebecca Boyle

Connected Car Collision Avoidance
Vehicles

Wanted: Drivers In Six Cities To Test Talking Car Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries
Agriculture

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries

By Rebecca Boyle

Newly Found Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Existing Antibiotics
Health

Newly Found Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Existing Antibiotics

By Rebecca Boyle

American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011
Robots

American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA Says Space Debris Could Approach the Shuttle for the Very Last Time on Tuesday
International Space Station

NASA Says Space Debris Could Approach the Shuttle for the Very Last Time on Tuesday

By Rebecca Boyle

As Humans Take Leave of Space, Robot Explorers Will Go Farther and Look Closer Than Ever
Space

As Humans Take Leave of Space, Robot Explorers Will Go Farther and Look Closer Than Ever

By Rebecca Boyle

House Subcommittee’s Budget Bill Puts Most Powerful Space Telescope on the Chopping Block
Science

House Subcommittee’s Budget Bill Puts Most Powerful Space Telescope on the Chopping Block

By Rebecca Boyle

China Opens the World’s Longest Bridge Over Water, Toppling American Record-Holder
Engineering

China Opens the World’s Longest Bridge Over Water, Toppling American Record-Holder

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Diabetes

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

By Rebecca Boyle

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech
DARPA

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

New Alloy Can Convert Heat Directly Into Electricity
Technology

New Alloy Can Convert Heat Directly Into Electricity

By Rebecca Boyle

A Completely New Kind of Aircraft Propulsion System, Made of Rotating Cylinders
Aviation

A Completely New Kind of Aircraft Propulsion System, Made of Rotating Cylinders

By Rebecca Boyle

Europeans Plan to Launch Prototype Wingless, Reusable Spaceship By 2013
Technology

Europeans Plan to Launch Prototype Wingless, Reusable Spaceship By 2013

By Rebecca Boyle

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV
Vaccines

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV

By Rebecca Boyle

Study: Rising Global Temperatures Spur Steepest Sea Level Rise In 2,100 Years
Environment

Study: Rising Global Temperatures Spur Steepest Sea Level Rise In 2,100 Years

By Rebecca Boyle

With an Artificial Memory Chip, Rats Can Remember and Forget At the Touch of a Button
Technology

With an Artificial Memory Chip, Rats Can Remember and Forget At the Touch of a Button

By Rebecca Boyle

Let’s Reconstitute Humans From Genomes Launched Into Space! and Other Ambitious Proposals for Galactic Colonization
DARPA

Let’s Reconstitute Humans From Genomes Launched Into Space! and Other Ambitious Proposals for Galactic Colonization

By Rebecca Boyle

Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
Science

Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Using Scraps and Salvaged Parts, Libyan Rebels Turn Toys Into Robo-Warriors
Technology

Video: Using Scraps and Salvaged Parts, Libyan Rebels Turn Toys Into Robo-Warriors

By Rebecca Boyle

Coming Solar Minimum Could Chill the Earth, New Forecast Predicts
Climate Change

Coming Solar Minimum Could Chill the Earth, New Forecast Predicts

By Rebecca Boyle

Russian ATM Scans Credit Applicants to Determine if They’re Lying
Technology

Russian ATM Scans Credit Applicants to Determine if They’re Lying

By Rebecca Boyle

Approaching Solar System’s Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of Magnetic Bubbles
Science

Approaching Solar System’s Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of Magnetic Bubbles

By Rebecca Boyle

Possible Sighting of Dark Matter Lights Up Physics Community
Science

Possible Sighting of Dark Matter Lights Up Physics Community

By Rebecca Boyle

Largest DNA-Based Computer Ever Built Can Calculate Square Roots
Science

Largest DNA-Based Computer Ever Built Can Calculate Square Roots

By Rebecca Boyle

In the Future, Your Clothes Will Clean the Air, Generate Power and Save Your Life
Technology

In the Future, Your Clothes Will Clean the Air, Generate Power and Save Your Life

By Rebecca Boyle

This Is the Last Image the Spirit Mars Rover Ever Saw
Mars

This Is the Last Image the Spirit Mars Rover Ever Saw

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: As Endeavour Returns Home For the Final Time, Atlantis Prepares for the Last Shuttle Launch Ever
International Space Station

Video: As Endeavour Returns Home For the Final Time, Atlantis Prepares for the Last Shuttle Launch Ever

By Rebecca Boyle

Electrons Are Incredibly Close to Being Perfect Spheres
Technology

Electrons Are Incredibly Close to Being Perfect Spheres

By Rebecca Boyle

New Federal Rules To Require Black Boxes to Record Driver Activity in Every Car
Technology

New Federal Rules To Require Black Boxes to Record Driver Activity in Every Car

By Rebecca Boyle

The Top 10 New Species of 2011
Endangered Species

The Top 10 New Species of 2011

By Rebecca Boyle

As Congress Fusses Over Climate Semantics, the U.S. Faces a Weather Satellite Gap
Environment

As Congress Fusses Over Climate Semantics, the U.S. Faces a Weather Satellite Gap

By Rebecca Boyle

With Electrical Stimulation to the Spinal Cord, Paralyzed Man Walks Again
Health

With Electrical Stimulation to the Spinal Cord, Paralyzed Man Walks Again

By Rebecca Boyle

Is the Ending of the Shuttle Program a Setback for Space Science, Or a New Opportunity?
Science

Is the Ending of the Shuttle Program a Setback for Space Science, Or a New Opportunity?

By Rebecca Boyle

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell
Stem Cells

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell

By Rebecca Boyle

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow
Science

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow

By Rebecca Boyle

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See
Technology

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses
NASA

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses

By Rebecca Boyle

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound
Navy

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound

By Rebecca Boyle

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time
Robots

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time

By Rebecca Boyle