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Mar 1, 2019
Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Military Traverse Underneath Alcatraz
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: military
Alcatraz holds many forgotten secrets, but one has been discovered: High-tech radar and laser scans have uncovered a hidden military traverse underneath the infamous penitentiary, according to new research.
A team of researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York used terrestrial laser scans, ground-penetrating radar data, and georectifications (the process of taking old digitized maps and linking them to a coordinate system so that they can be accurately geolocated in 3D space) to locate and assess the historical remains beneath the former recreation yard of the Alcatraz penitentiary, according to a press release.
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Mar 1, 2019
A New Idea about How Cancer Begins
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
It appears to happen more readily than we once believed.
- By Miguel Coelho on March 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Department of Energy moves forward with controversial test reactor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Mar 1, 2019
NASA finds China and India made the world greener than 20 years ago
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Mar 1, 2019
The Brain That Remade Itself
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Doctors removed one-sixth of this child’s brain — and what was left did something incredible.
Mar 1, 2019
A 30-million page library is heading to the moon to help preserve human civilization
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space travel
Mar 1, 2019
Scientists Just Took a Major Step Towards Injecting Eyes With Night Vision
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics
How badly do we want this?
An incredible new nanotechnology could one day enable us to see in the dark. It works on mice, and there’s little to say it wouldn’t be equally effective on other mammals. The only drawback — how are you with needles to the eyeball?
Research led by the University of Science and Technology of China produced particles that adhere to light-detecting cells in the retina and help them respond to near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths.
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Mar 1, 2019
How Estonia blazed a trail in science
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: education, science
Still, Estonia’s research prowess is an example of how quickly a small country can turn its scientific fortunes around with international support and well-designed domestic policies — and its success has drawn attention from other nations looking to build their scientific capacity. Latvia, for instance, borders Estonia and joined the EU at the same time. “We started from a very similar position,” says Dmitrijs Stepanovs, Latvia’s deputy state secretary and director of the higher-education and science ministry, but “now we are far behind and must try to catch up.”
A small nation found strength in research after joining the European Union.
Mar 1, 2019
Chinese Companies Are Gaining Traction Globally, Just Not Where You Think
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: futurism
Whether Chinese will take over the world is missing the point: If you want to follow future trends, look at what Chinese companies are doing in the developing world. And with the U.S. waging a trade war, it’s even more important to look at China’s activity outside mature markets.