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Nanotechnology enables ultra high-def LCDs, cheaper stacked-electrode OLED screens
Pixel density enthusiasts, pay close attention, because science is ready to blow your minds -- the University of Michigan has developed an LCD technology that can display their logo in a space just nine microns high. By creating a filter made of microscopic metal gratings with differently size…
Belief in Witchcraft Widespread in Africa
A new Gallup poll found that belief in magic is widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with over half of respondents saying they personally believe in witchcraft. Studies in 18 countries show belief varies widely (ranging from 15 percent in Uganda to 95 percent in the Ivory Coast), but on average…
Personality predicted by size of different brain regions
In a social situation, it's easy to tell the difference between a wallflower and the life of the party, but a new study suggests we can also spot differences in their brains.
The results show the size of certain brain regions is related to people's personalities. For instance, highly altruistic peop…
Brain's Master Switch Discovered
Science has unlocked one of the doors to the human brain, allowing an entirely new insight into how the brain works.
Yeon-Kyun Shin, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State University, has discovered that the protein called synaptotagmin1 (Syt1) is the sole trigger …
Flying Car Could Transform Warfare
The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has cleared the Transformer (TX) program for takeoff. If it flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car that can cruise in the air like an airplane, drive on the ground like an SUV, rove 250 miles on one t…
Naps and Dreams Boost Learning, Study Finds
Scientists have long wondered why we sleep and why we dream. A new study provides evidence for some long-held notions that sleep and dreams boost learning and help us to make sense of the real world. Even naps can help, the researchers found.Test subjects who dreamt about a challenging task performe…
New Technology Brings Blind Computing into 21st Century
A new technology that creates full-page, refreshable Braille displays promises to bring 21st century computing to the blind.Today’s Braille displays can show just one line of text at a time, making it difficult for those without eyesight to perform common online tasks such as browsing the Internet. …
Animals Living Without Oxygen Discovered for First Time
Animals that live without oxygen have been discovered for the first time, deep under the Mediterranean Sea.A wide variety of single-celled organisms that live anaerobically, or without oxygen, had been found in the past, usually deep underwater or deep underground. But researchers had not found a mu…
Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners
WeCU Technologies is building a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger - without the subject's knowledge. WeCU Technologies (pronounced "we see you") is creating a system that would essentially turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds:.
"The…
New Spider-Man Devices Could Let Human Beings Walk on Walls
A new high-tech suction device could allow humans to walk on walls like Spider-Man or create adhesive devices that could be turned on and off with the flick of a switch.
The contraption, inspired by a beetle that can hold on to a leaf with a force 100 times its weight, uses the surface tension of wat…
