Technology

Dynamic Heart System Makes Animal Heart Pump Outside The Body

A new machine developed at North Carolina State University makes an animal heart pump much like a live heart after it has been removed from the animal's body, allowing researchers to expedite the development of new tools and techniques for heart surge ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2009 - 10:01am

The Internet, in "New Scientist"

New Scientist magazine has posted an eight-part article titled “ Eight things you didn’t know about the internet ”. As someone who knows about the Internet, I thought I’d comment on the various parts. Today, part 1: “ Who controls the internet? ”, by Mich ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 13 2009 - 11:59am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 2

Today I’ll continue my series commenting on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”. Part 2 is “ Could the net become self-aware? ”, by Michael Brooks. Mr Brooks opens with this: ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 14 2009 - 10:26am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 3

Next in my series commenting on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet” is part 3, “ How big is the net? ”, by Colin Barras. ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 15 2009 - 10:01am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 4

On to part 4 in my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”: “ Is there only one internet? ”, by Ben Crystall. As with all the questions so far in this series, this one brings up a series of ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 16 2009 - 10:00am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", parts 5 and 6

For the next installment in my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”, we have two for one. Actually, not really: I’m going to skip part 5, “ Is the net caught in the credit crunch? ”, bec ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 17 2009 - 10:00am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 7

Part 7 of my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet” goes into the “carbon footprint” of the Internet: “ Is the net hurting the environment? ”, by Duncan Graham-Rowe. It’s easy to think tha ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 18 2009 - 10:02am

The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 8

Finishing my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”, we have question 8, “ Could we shut the net down? ”, by Michael Brooks. It’s not clear to me what the question really means, and why it ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 19 2009 - 10:01am

DNA-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes- Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?

Duplicating our organic tissue synthetically isn't as easy as it sounds.   Our bodily tissue is both soft and tough but modern implants- and replacement organs- will need to be as close to natural as possible to be effective. A team of Australian and ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2009 - 10:18am

Most awesome of awesome light displays

Stephanie wrote about Tetris teaching us about self-assembly and solubility in this article. For a less academic but no less awesome Tetris-related enjoyment, check out the video below (or click this link). It comes with the following caption: ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - May 15 2009 - 10:09pm