Tech

Astronomy

Last Call

The final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope could radically transform the observatory, but the crew faces some special challenges.

Neuroscience

Breaking the Barrier

A technique combining ultrasound pulses with microbubbles may help scientists move therapeutic drugs across the brain’s protective divide.

Tech

Cops Might Get Pollution Sniffers

One day soon, precise up-to-minute air pollution data might be available at a street-by-street level.

Agriculture

Network Antennas — Yum!

Sensor designers might have to consider engineering in bovine deterrence.

Astronomy

Preserving digital data for the future of eScience

From the August 30, 2008 issue of Science News.

Earth

TV Take-Backs

Here's one solution for all of the conventional TVs that will be cast off during the imminent digital-TV transition.

Computing

Building ‘The Matrix’

Simulating new materials could help in building them — but only quantum simulators could fully model reality. A team reports a first step in realizing quantum simulation.

Materials Science

Solar panels to dye for

Scientists show that cheap chemical dyes may one day help with the efficient capture of the sun's energy

Humans

Cars Are Learning to Drive

Hands-free driving, truth be told, sounds very appealing.

Computing

Video Search à la Web

Finding videos on the web can still be a hit-or-miss proposition.

Humans

Son of Furby

How Star Wars' robots catalyzed an MIT program to build companionable robots.

Health & Medicine

Reading minds … or at least brain scans

By analyzing brain activity, computers can tell what word is on your mind.