Starting today, Facebook will pay $500+ to anyone who exposes a vulnerability that could compromise user data. To qualify, you must be the first to report it and give them time to fix it before going public. [Facebook via TheNextWeb] More »
Smoke your data stogies if you got 'em, because AT&T's going to be taking away the unlimited data fun starting October 1st. The top 5% of data users will see their speeds hamstrung. Are you one of them? More »
I wonder what HR Giger would say about this horrendous bike created by Roo Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn, a Bangkok man who apparently sells them to people all over the world. More »
President Obama has requested that you tweet your representatives to help solve this whole debt ceiling mess. But if you live in, say Cleveland, that's a waste of time. Tweet at these pols—who can actually get stuff done—instead. More »
iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone 7. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! More »
Combines optical and electron microscopy in a small, mobile, affordable, easy-to-use instrument.
The Federal Office of Public Health FOPH and Federal Office for the Environment FOEN launched the introductory phase in December 2008. The precautionary matrix was revised on the basis of users' experience at the beginning of 2010. It now has been updated again.
A new twist on an old solar cell design sends light ricocheting through layers of microscopic spheres, increasing its electricity-generating potential by 26 percent.
Hailed as the new "wonder material," graphene is being tapped by an international research team to help overcome issues associated with increasing the storage density and speed of electronic memory devices.
Scientists show that non-volatile memory made from a sandwich of silver nanoparticle-laced plastic retains its on/off state over a wider voltage range when operating at toasty temperatures.
The world at large runs on lithium ion batteries. New research at Rice University shows that tiny worlds may soon do the same.
UK researchers describe a novel approach to making porous materials, solid foams, more like their counterparts in the natural world, including bone and wood.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced that it is investing close to $3 million over three years to set up a new research centre that will pioneer the development of such solar cells of the future, as well as the expertise to harness these new clean energy sources effectively and in commercially viable ways.
Flow Polymers, LLC, the innovator in additive technologies and a leading manufacturer of proprietary and custom chemical dispersions, process aids, homogenizing agents and performance additives for rubber and plastic markets worldwide was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $143,984 by the National Science Foundation to develop novel nano-filler technology for tire innerliners.
Christian Ruegg, honorary professor at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and head of the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, wins the Erwin Felix Levy-Bertaut prize for his work on low-dimensional quantum spin systems and quantum phase transitions.
Designed to record bursts of images at an unprecedented speed of 4.5 million frames per second, an innovative X-ray camera being built with STFC's world-class engineering expertise will help a major new research facility shed light on the structure of matter.
Ener1's lithium-ion battery solutions to be used in Lightning's growing product line of racing and commuter motorcycles and scooters.
The conference will bring together the best nanotechnologists with end-users. The participants have opportunity to discuss their questions with a large number of experts and to expand their network with start-up companies as well as successful nanotechnology-users.
Customized surfaces help reveal the causes of diseases.
Researchers at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have developed an electronic tongue which can identify different types of cava wines, thanks to a combination of sensor systems and advanced mathematical procedures.
