Newly Found Species of Bacteria Lives On Pure Caffeine
A Feast for Bacteriadyobmit via FlickrMmm, coffee.A newly described species of bacteria has joined the ranks of those of us who depend on caffeine for survival. The little microbe, Pseudomonas putida,...
View ArticleResearchers Turn Hydrogen Gas Into Metal
HydrogenAlchemist-hp via WikimediaHydrogen in a gas discharge tube.Today in relatively obscure but nonetheless meaningful scientific pursuits: two researchers at the Max-Planck Institute claim to have...
View ArticleClear of Solar Pollution, Voyager Glimpses Star Formation in the Milky Way...
VoyagerLike city lights blinding the night sky, the sun blocks out a lot of the signals from our galactic neighborhood. Our star and its magnetic fields shield the planets from cosmic rays and the...
View ArticleNano-Engineered Bioconstructs Perform Photosynthesis Faster Than Nature Does
CyanobacteriaWikimedia CommonsSynechococcus PCC 7002, a type of cyanobacteria.Scientists have been trying for a while now to recreate the process of photosynthesis, using sunlight and water to spark...
View ArticleBoeing's Corpulent Hydrogen-Powered Drone Makes Its First Flight
PhantomEye in FlightBoeingEventually it will fly for four days straight, making only water as its waste product. But a journey of four days starts with a few minutes, so the chubby PhantomEye's first...
View ArticleIf Antimatter Is The Opposite Of Matter, Does It Fall Up?
Antimatter BeamsJohn Fowler via Flickr/CC licensedNow you know what they look like.Antimatter, the mirror opposite of normal matter, is strange stuff. Particles and atoms of antimatter have the...
View ArticleDriving The 2016 Toyota Mirai Is Remarkably Unremarkable (And That’s A Good...
ToyotaThe exterior design of the 2016 Toyota Mirai has prompted controversy. Designers wanted it to look futuristic and stand out from other vehicles.The most remarkable thing about the first hydrogen...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Membrane Separates Water Into Hydrogen and Oxygen Without...
Artificial LeafLance Hayashida/CaltechResearcher Ke Sun, an author of the new study holds a sample of the film that he helped develop.Hydrogen powered cars are slowly accelerating in popularity with...
View ArticleColonizing The Moon May Be 90 Percent Cheaper Than We Thought
This Could Be Us In A Few YearsArtist concept of a moon colony via NASAOnly 12 people have walked on the moon, and we haven't been back since 1972. But a new NASA-commission study has found that we can...
View ArticleHydrogen Fuel-Cell Ferry Coming To Bay Area
Red and White Fleet ferry, San FranciscoHydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are beginning to hit California roads in small numbers, and soon one or more will be traversing its waters too.Sandia National...
View ArticleCar Disrupted: Hydrogen Hits The Road This Fall
The Mirai hits streets this fall.ToyotaLike jetpacks or robot butlers, hydrogen vehicles have historically been high on promise and low on delivery. Matt McClory, an engineer at Toyota, says he can...
View ArticleInside The Z Machine, Where Scientists Turned Hydrogen Into Metal
Z MachineRandy Montoya; Courtesy Sandia National LaboratoriesFor 80 years, researchers theorized that hydrogen could transform into a metal. This year, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories...
View ArticleDreams, Fantasies, and Realities: Inside Honda's Japanese R&D Lab
For a few brief moments, Honda showed us the future of driving. It’s not what you think. It’s electric, yes, but not dependent on batteries alone. It’s certainly autonomous, but probably not quite as...
View ArticleMarsquakes Could Be The Key To Life On Mars
Space New research hints at how hydrogen ends up in rocks Quakes on Mars could have helped the tiniest forms of life--bacteria or microbes--survive in the planet's sub-surface, based on new findings...
View ArticleAntimatter just got a little bit less mysterious
Science Scientists hit a new milestone for antihydrogen Researchers at CERN's ALPHA experiment have made the first measurements of antihydrogen’s internal structure…
View ArticleIf Antimatter Is The Opposite Of Matter, Does It Fall Up?
Science To find out, physicists go Newton on it, and drop some. Antimatter, the mirror opposite of normal matter, is strange stuff. Particles and atoms of antimatter have the opposite charge of their...
View ArticleDriving The 2016 Toyota Mirai Is Remarkably Unremarkable (And That’s A Good...
From Our Blogs: Speed Lab Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has an easy, comfortable driving demeanor that belies its amazing complexity underneath. Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle has an easy,...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Membrane Separates Water Into Hydrogen and Oxygen Without...
Energy Taking a leaf out of leaves' playbook Hydrogen powered cars are slowly accelerating in popularity with boosts from infrastructure development and car manufacturers. But getting eco-friendly...
View ArticleColonizing The Moon May Be 90 Percent Cheaper Than We Thought
Space And that in turn could help us get to Mars, says NASA-commissioned study Only 12 people have walked on the moon, and we haven't been back since 1972. But a new NASA-commission study has found...
View ArticleCar Disrupted: Hydrogen Hits The Road This Fall
Cars One of four new ideas transforming your ride Like jetpacks or robot butlers, hydrogen vehicles have historically been high on promise and low on delivery. Matt McClory, an engineer at Toyota,...
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