Tropical Storm Ana Over Hawaii

Tropical Storm Ana Over Hawaii

At 2 AM local time in Hawaii, Tropical Storm Ana was just below hurricane strength with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center expects it to weaken before it…
New Tractor Beam Can Repel And Attract

New Tractor Beam Can Repel And Attract

A long-distance optical tractor beam can move tiny particles - one fifth of a millimeter in diameter - a distance of up to 20 centimeters, which is almost 100 times further than previous experiments.…
The Resource Curse: Science Cities Suffer

The Resource Curse: Science Cities Suffer

I just returned from the Asian Science Park Association conference in Shiraz, Iran.[1] One Science Park official asked me, “Companies in our park cannot get any cooperation from the big petrochemical…