New Form of Graphene Should Finally Make Graphene Electronics Possible

New Form of Graphene Should Finally Make Graphene Electronics Possible

F0r years, scientists have struggled to build graphene-based electronics that could do the same thing as silicon superconductor chips. A new breakthrough from an international team of scientists might just change all that. These geniuses just invented a new form of graphene that’s ten times more conductive.

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The World's Most Powerful Laser Is Headed for a Czech Research Lab

The World's Most Powerful Laser Is Headed for a Czech Research Lab

Imagine a laser that fires super-powerful blasts of light ten times a second. A laser with one quadrillion watts of power. That’s one powerful piece of equipment—the most powerful—and it’s exactly what’s being built for the ELI-Beamlines science facility in the Czech Republic.

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Prosthetic hand gives amputee a sense of touch

Researchers around the world are working to create more lifelike prosthetic hands and other limbs for amputees. Prosthetic hands have been around for years in multiple forms, typically nothing more … Continue reading

Twitter Data Grants introduced to offer select institutes data trove

Twitter holds vast amounts of data, information that has been used by multiple entities in the past to do things from mapping racism to helping form profiles on individuals. In … Continue reading

This Super Sharp Image of a Cell’s Insides Was Made With Glowing DNA

This Super Sharp Image of a Cell's Insides Was Made With Glowing DNA

This looks like a bizarrely-colored aerial image of a city at night, but in reality it’s something much smaller, and much more fascinating: the tiny scaffolding and organelles that make up a single human cell. Harvard researchers caught this view using a new technique powered by light-up strands of custom-built DNA.

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Bionic hand restores amputee’s sense of touch

A bionic hand that allows its wearer to actually feel what the prosthetic is touching has been tested for the first time, with a Danish amputee able to tell the … Continue reading

Gooey Electrolyte Could Put an End to Battery Fires

Gooey Electrolyte Could Put an End to Battery Fires

Battery fires are no fun. Just ask Boeing. Problem is, lithium-ion batteries are full of liquid acid electrolyte that gushes out when a battery’s housing ruptures, causing chemical burns and fires. Not fun. But what if, instead of burny liquid, batteries were filled with a viscous goo that would stay put? That’s exactly what these Washington State University researchers propose.

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up 2/5/2014: Galaxy S5, Titanfall, Pyramids

This morning we’ve got some new news and some news that’s been in the making for 120 million years. While we’ve got reasearch popping up that describes how it’s possible … Continue reading

Newly discovered 4600-year-old Egyptian stepped pyramid predates the Great Pyramid of Giza

If you think of pyramids, your mind most likely goes to the three major pyramids that are in Egypt. That trio of pyramids, including the Great Pyramid of Giza, aren’t … Continue reading

You Can Now Download All of DARPA’s Open Source Code From One Place

You Can Now Download All of DARPA's Open Source Code From One Place

From robots to mind-reading, new programming languages to advanced communication systems, DARPA has fingers in many, many pies. And now, it’s making all its open source code available by publishing the DARPA Open Catalog.

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