Tech : Science World Report

Jan 25, 2013 01:14 PM EST

DARPA Arms Aircraft with Lasers; Star Wars Becomes a Reality

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is moving ahead with two new plans to make laser weapons a reality.

Jan 25, 2013 10:50 AM EST

Liquid Metal Self-Healing Wire Invented That Reconnects After Cut

Self-healing polymers already exist and can be bought for various purposes - now researchers from North Carolina State University invented a new application by adding a special liquid-metal alloy to combine both to form elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and the polymer ...

Jan 25, 2013 04:08 AM EST

FDA Approves the First Autonomous Remote Presence Robot

RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant) is the first autonomous remote presence robot to receive a nod from the FDA.

Jan 24, 2013 05:34 PM EST

One-Billion Euro Grants for EU Brain Simulation and Graphene Research

News got out about the result of the highly anticipated decision of which research projects will receive a massive research grant from the European Commission, as reported in Nature News today.

Jan 23, 2013 08:44 AM EST

Government Scientists Retire Research Chimps; So Long, Labs!

Government scientists have agreed that all but 50 of the primates currently being used for federally funded researched should be retired from labs and sent to a sanctuary.

Jan 24, 2013 01:31 AM EST

Opportunity Begins 10th year of Mission On Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that landed on the Red Planet nine years ago on Jan. 24, 2004 on a plain called Meridiani Planum is about to begin its 10th year of active mission on the Martian surface.

Jan 23, 2013 06:21 AM EST