My oil droplet is smarter than your lab mouse
New research shows that inorganic drops of oil are smart enough to run through …
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Weird Science finds marriage can kill
Female mice that ignore Y chromosomes, karmic consumers, and the incompetence …
John Timmer – | 17
Recommendation algorithm wants to show you something new
With accuracy under control, computer scientists are pursuing a new frontier …
Casey Johnston – | 32
Bloom Energy fuel cell claim raises hype, questions
Is the Bloom Box a case of radically advanced tech that's going to upend the …
John Timmer – | 48
Chinese scientists worry about Google pullout
Although Baidu appears to serve the average Chinese citizen well, scientists …
John Timmer – | 18
Host star caught sucking the atmosphere off a hot Jupiter
A hot, fast-moving planet may be orbiting its host star so closely that its …
John Timmer – | 16
Browser history hijack + social networks = lost anonymity
Researchers demonstrate that they can scan and compile lists of social …
John Timmer – | 14
Cell phones show human movement predictable 93% of the time
By studying the human movement based on data provided by cell phone …
Casey Johnston – | 54
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Redefining privacy in the era of personal genomics
Panelists at the 2010 AAAS Conference in San Diego criticized current policies …
Yun Xie – | 11
Problem-solving crows may not be as smart as we thought
Researchers test crows' problem-solving ability and conclude they aren't as …
Chris Lee – | 44
Testing the electric vehicle-to-grid connection
PJM, a utility that covers the area between Chicago and Philadelphia, is …
John Timmer – | 75
Researchers accidentally create strain-specific antibiotic
Chemists that attempted to synthesize an improved version of a broad spectrum …
John Timmer – | 21
Copy number changes point to new cancer genes
A study that looks at changes in gene dose in cancer cells finds some new …
John Timmer – | 5
Standard candle supernovae the product of colliding dwarfs
Based on a survey of nearby galaxies, researchers conclude that type Ia …
Matt Ford – | 12
New precision for relativity’s gravitational redshift
Scientists use quantum superpositions of a single atom to study the …
Casey Johnston – | 19
Hands-on learning key to kids’ interest in sci/tech fields
The results from the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index are out, and they show …
Matt Ford – | 26
Making an optical switch by drawing lines in gold
Researchers demonstrate a process called four-wave mixing—a sort of optical …
Chris Lee – | 13
US DOE readies $8.33 billion nuclear loan guarantee
The Department of Energy has announced it is ready to make $8.33 billion in …
John Timmer – | 61
Scattered photons can make for an improved focus
Researchers from the University of Twente and FOM Institute for Atomic and …
Chris Lee – | 11
State lawmakers attack climate change, evolution
Each year, many state legislatures consider bills that seek to undercut the …
John Timmer – | 415
Cell-phone-use-while-driving bans work best in urban areas
A recent study that compared accident rates across states suggested cell phone …
Casey Johnston – | 15
Quantum gravity and space’s informational entropy
Erik Verlinde gave an introduction to a promising effort to combine quantum …
Chris Lee – | 28
Weird Science gets its DNA from mezcal, dances with bees
Bees, mezcal, a detailed look at the energy efficiency of trotting elephants, …
John Timmer – | 2
Week in tech: Google could be your new ISP
Google was the big story this week, announcing plans for 1Gbps fiber-to-the- …
Eric Bangeman – | 8
Using hydrogen to store carbon, and vice versa
The last talk I attended at Physics@FOM was about the challenges we face as we …
Chris Lee – | 46
Safety practices lax in nanomaterials research labs
A survey of researchers at universities and public laboratories shows that few …
Adam Stevenson – | 52
Photon scattering can create lasers in fiber optic cabling
Scientists find that pumping photons into a fiber medium and giving them …
Casey Johnston – | 13
Rise in solar activity all but certain to mess with GPS
Our satellite navigation systems are about to take some pummeling from the sun …
Casey Johnston – | 46
Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest
Biofuel expansion in Brazil may drive cattle ranches into the Amazon, …
John Timmer – | 30
Hubble’s portrait of everybody’s favorite ex-planet
New images from Hubble of Pluto's surface reveal a dynamic and changing world.
Matt Ford – | 30
Photosynthesis uses quantum interactions to harvest light
A new experimental setup using algae photosynthesis proteins shows that, when …
Casey Johnston – | 16
Weird Science is training bees and packing viruses
Why a virus is like a gag gift, a face is like a flower, but acupuncture isn't …
John Timmer – | 3
Week in tech: big-screen Super Bowl party edition
Ars recaps the top stories from the previous week, including big-screen Super …
Eric Bangeman – | 1
Nano-patterning gives polymer solar cells a big boost
By adding a simple nano-patterning technique to polymer solar cells, …
Todd Morton – | 13
Fighting malaria by engineering flies to smell like mosquitos
Scientists isolate and test the olfactory genes of a mosquito to find out …
Casey Johnston – | 24
Graphene transistors promise 100GHz speeds
Reaserchers at IBM's Watson Research center fabricated graphene based field …
Adam Stevenson – | 32
