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You might think that with so many telescopes at its disposal NASA and the astronomy community at large would have plenty of time to gaze at whatever they want, but space is just so big that even some of the most interest...

Europe's ongoing quest to tame the tech industry is plunging ahead with new regulations requiring streaming services like Netflix and Amazon's Prime Video to stock their libraries with at least 30 percent local content. ...

Malicious actors could take control of thousands of 3D printers that can be accessed directly from the Internet without requiring any authentication. According to the SANS Internet Storm Center, a Shodan search reveals o...

Liquid printing is virtually ubiquitous thanks to inkjets, but the materials can only be so sluggish before it stops working. What if you wanted to print a biological material, or even liquid metal? That might happen soo...

The search giant has said daily import creates a needed endpoint to do aggregate analysis.

NASA's new leader is gung-ho on privatizing spaceflight, and that could lead to some new approaches to branding... like it or not. Administrator Jim Bridenstine has unveiled a NASA Advisory Council committee that will ex...

Facebook Inc opened its newest building at its Menlo Park headquarters as the world's largest social network continues to hire aggressively to support its scorching growth.

Google last week took the wraps off Tink, an open source, multi-language, cross-platform cryptographic library designed to help simplify common encryption operations. Under development for the past two years, the cryptog...

At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to simulation models, an international research team found that in many cases this explosion takes pla...

Matter is made up of atoms and electrons. Although seeing atoms is now possible, for example with modern electron microscopes, tracking atomic movements requires ultrashort measurement periods in the femtosecond and atto...

By design, changing the volume on Apple's AirPods requires either using the volume buttons on your phone, or using Siri to increase or decrease the volume. While your iPhone adjusts the volume in 6 percent increments, Si...

Germany, seeking to rein in internet giants like Google and Facebook, plans to bolster the powers of its competition watchdog to prevent such companies from becoming monopolies even before they achieve scale.

Jillian Buriak and her team spent years developing cost-effective plastic solar cells that can be printed like newspapers. Then she chatted with fellow chemistry researcher Arthur Mar, and in a just a few weeks his machi...

Under certain conditions, an atom can cause other atoms to emit a flash of light. At TU Wien (Vienna), this quantum effect has now been measured.

Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin, known for bombastic comments, said it was "a matter of honor" to "find the one responsible" for the puncture.

A group of scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) at the University of Copenhagen will soon start developing a new line of technical equipment in order to dramatically improve gravitational wave detectors.

News RUDN mathematicians have suggested an incentive to encourage participants in mobile crowd-sensing. The data collected by sensors built into personal mobile devices (such as smartphones) can be exchanged... Contribut...

Study confirms infants can detect differences in power between individuals and expect those differences to endure over time. Researchers say, at 21 months old, a child can distinguish between respect based power asserted...

Cook like a professional with the Sharp VacPac Pro Multi Door Fridge Freezer. The kitchen gadget provides an automatic vacuum sealer, allowing you to extend the shelf life of your fresh produce. Likewise, vacuum sealing ...

Videos BedJet, a rapid cooling, heating and climate control system, has undergone a technology upgrade. BedJet uses a biorhythm temperature technology that allows people to program the temperature of their beds at every ...

We often get treated to a never-ending series of renders for every upcoming high-profile smartphone worth making a render of. That, however, doesn't mean only smartphones get that treatment. When it comes to tablets, the...