Tech
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Astronomy
They’re calling Obama the ‘science guy’
Speakers at a science forum offered support for the thesis that researchers have found a big ally in the new president.
- Chemistry
Yeast bred to bear artificial vanilla
Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.
- Tech
Cloaked eye still sees
Researchers have proposed a model that would allow sensors to send and receive information virtually undetected.
- Physics
Spin control for technology
Long-lived helix offers a new way to keep electron spin stable and in sync
- Tech
Urban Heat: Recycling waste heat
In the United States, only about one-eighth of the fuel people burn is converted into useful work. Recycling such wasted heat could be one of the best solutions to problems posted by growing cities.
- Chemistry
Exxon Valdez oil lingers, as does its toxicity
Even 20 years after a major oil spill, barely degraded pockets of the oil persist within some intertidal beaches, research shows.
- Health & Medicine
Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Glass
Some mineral water appears to have been tainted prior to bottling.
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- Chemistry
Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Plastics
New concerns arise over the presence of hormonelike pollutants in plastic food packaging.
- Tech
Whiz Kids: The Movie
New independent film showcases the arduous path by which extraodinary high school researchers reach the Science Talent Search competition in Washington, D.C.
- Tech
Coming: Needed Protections for Science Integrity
The Obama admistration wants to depoliticize federal science.
- Tech
Watching Earth for 25 years
The Landsat 5 satellite launched in 1984 with a mission to orbit and image Earth's surface for three years. Still in orbit, the satellite has continuously documented changes in landscape.
