Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 1:33pm
Cornell University has digitized the world's largest natural sound archive and placed it online.
Breakthrough stories
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 4:37pm
In what could be monumentally important for medical science going forward, a group of researchers have nailed down the exact location of our internal clocks — and the internal clock of every living thing, in fact.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 2:14pm
Conventional semiconductor memory encodes data (1s and 0s) by whether or not an electron is present. But an electron itself has a binary property — whether or not its spin is "up" or "down." Researchers have now discovered a way to encode data with electron spin, potentially doubling memory with zero tradeoffs.
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 7:37am
A prototype hydraulic and latching mechanism could bring to blind computer users something they've never had before: a full-page. Right now, refreshable Braille displays are slow and unwieldy, allowing a user access to the equivalent of one line of text...
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 10:14am
Panasonic announced a new battery that lasts 30% longer than today's lithium ion batteries. Instead of a graphite anode, these new rechargeable lithium ion batteries will use an anode made of silicon alloy, and Panasonic claims after 500 charge/discharge cycles,...
