Technology

Investigative Genetics: Forensic Science Can Discover Hair, Eye Color From Medieval Remains

The HIrisPlex DNA analysis system that can establish hair and eye color from forensic samples in modern crime scenes can also identify details from ancient human remains, according to a paper which used the system to reconstruct hair and eye color from te ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2013 - 1:33pm

Did Aaron Swartz Commit Rational Suicide?

Aaron H. Swartz was one of the most outspoken and hands-on activists for the transparency movement, which I largely support. He was especially active with open access issues and copyright reform.   He was part of the team that built an early version of Red ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - May 14 2013 - 9:17am

TechCrunch: Mendeley Will Be Sold To Elsevier

The rumor mill has it that Elsevier is in advanced talks to buy Science 2.0 fave Mendeley, a platform academics use to collate PDFS and share research and collaborate via a social network (and a terrific company all the way around, in my opinion).  TechCru ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 17 2013 - 12:22pm

Eight Technologies Keeping A Carcinogen Out Of Your Food

Safe, Tasty, Nutritious Almonds We Shouldn't Take For Granted Sometimes we need to hear about things that are working well in our food system.  I'd like to describe a case where sound regulation and well-applied technology combine to protect us ...

Article - Steve Savage - Jan 22 2013 - 10:13pm

Slippery: New Finnish Ice Detector Warns Car Drivers In Advance

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an automatic ice detection system for cars  that makes use of a new, real-time method of obtaining information on a road's actual slipperiness.   Obviously, such a system helps drivers avoid pers ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 12:00pm

Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Prediction May Be Near

Predicting weather events is more mysticism than science and it's only after the fact that predictions are recalibrated to try and hone in on more accuracy.  Hurricane Sandy in the eastern United States was predicted to be a super-storm but by the ti ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 11:30am

Maglev Tech Grows Realistic Lung Tissue

In a development that could lead to faster and more effective toxicity tests for airborne chemicals, scientists from Rice University and Nano3D Biosciences have used magnetic levitation to grow some of the most realistic lung tissue ever produced in a lab ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2013 - 1:20am

"Magic Arms" WREX Exoskeleton Up For Design Of The Year Award

 Stratasys Ltd., a manufacturer of 3D printers and production systems for prototyping and manufacturing, says that the "magic arms" WREX exoskeleton, designed by Nemours/Alfred l. duPont Hospital for Children, has been nominated for the Designs ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2013 - 3:16pm

Solve A Biological Mystery, Boost Artificial Intelligence

If a numerical model simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers is to be believed, Cornell University engineering and robotics researchers may have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules – a finding that will l ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2013 - 2:00pm

Open Data Figshare Announces Partnership With PLoS

figshare, a Digital Science portfolio company, has announced a new partnership with open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) to host the supplemental data for all seven PLoS journals, as well as provide a widget that will enable PLoS users t ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2013 - 2:40pm