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(Phys.org) --Imagine a computer so efficient that it can recycle its own waste heat to produce electricity. While such an idea may seem far-fetched today, significant progress has already been made to realize these devic...

Mt. Gox has said it found 200,000 of the bitcoins it claimed may have disappeared as a result of a software flaw. In a statement on its website Thursday, the failed exchange said it found 200,000 bitcoins in an old-forma...

Neso Sunshades are a brilliant evolution of the standard beach umbrella and tent. Rather than spending more time than you should setting up something that gets blown over with the first stiff breeze or something that tak...

A team of researchers have sequenced the genome of the Pinus taeda, commonly known as the loblolly pine, and found that the tree's genetic code -- seven times larger than a human's -- is the largest and the most complete...

You're looking at the clearest infrared panorama of the Milky Way ever captured. At 20 gigapixels, it's going to take you a long time to check the whole thing out.

What a difference a month makes. On February 23, Netflix and Comcast announced a deal under which the video streaming service and the cable company would "team up to provide customers (an) excellent user experience." Net...

While sleep may be an easy task for some, it can be an overwhelming chore to others. Sometimes it takes tea, music, watching a show, or a combination of all of the above and more to calm your brain down. If your mind is ...

The development of energy storage technology is going to be one of the defining features of the 21st century’s energy landscape. It will allow nations to decarbonise their economies by integrating renewable energy into...

v3rgEz (125380) writes "With a Freedom of Information Act request, MuckRock has received copies of two of the guides Homeland Security uses to monitor social media, one on standard procedures and a desktop binder for ana...

This NASA SR-71 completes its first flight at Dryden Flight Research Center.

South Korean educators no longer have to compete with smartphones for a student's attention

An oft-quoted expert says that Apple is on the cusp of irrelevance. Let's count down the days

A new report from The Intercept reveals that the NSA has been hunting and hacking system administrators the world over in order to gain access to the networks they control.

University of Adelaide mathematicians have devised a method for identifying how cell clusters have formed by analysing an image of the cluster.Published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, their mathematical modelling...

DudeTheMath (522264) writes "Cornell University scientists studied how fruit flies respond to flight disturbances (instead of wind gusts, they used carefully controlled magnetic pulses) and found that the flies recover i...

A sustained Internet outage affected nearly the entire country on Thursday. (Credit: Renesys) After a more than seven-hour blackout, it appears the Internet has returned to Syria. On Thursday morning several Internet mon...

New Haswell and next-generation Broadwell parts cater to DIY enthusiasts.

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in coaxing laboratory cultures of human stem cells to develop into the specialized, unique cells needed to repair a patient's defective or diseased bladder. The breakthrough ...

Measuring circulating tumor cells -- the cells that spread cancer through the body -- may be a better predictor of patient survival than the prostate-specific antigen, new research indicates.

A new study that compares cold snare polypectomy with conventional polypectomy for the removal of small colorectal polyps in anticoagulated patients. The study showed that delayed bleeding requiring hemostasis (stoppage ...

Two studies are providing new insight into germline epidermal growth factor receptor T790M mutation in familial non-small cell lung cancer. The findings suggest the need for tailored approaches for early detection and tr...

As stem cells continue their gradual transition from the lab to the clinic, a research group has discovered a new way to make large concentrations of skeletal muscle cells and muscle progenitors from human stem cells. Th...