Youngest millisecond pulsar shines in gamma rays
The Fermi space telescope has spotted the youngest-ever millisecond pulsar – a fast-spinning cosmic “lighthouse” that is the leftovers from a supernova.
Category: Storm Chasers
Roomba Maker Building New Undersea Robots
“The robot doesn’t care if there’s a storm outside or if there’s a hurricane present or if it’s cold,” David Heinz, vice president of Maritime Systems at iRobot, told FoxNews.com. The secret behind Seaglider’s...
U.S. Navy’s Incredible, Sci-Fi Railgun Fires 1,000th Bullet
Rather than relying on a explosion to fire a projectile, it uses an electomagnetic current to accelerate a non-explosive bullet at several times the speed of sound. The conductive projectile zips along a set...
NATO squeezes Assad: A Syrian uranium enrichment plant “discovered”
The disclosure Tuesday, Nov. 1, by the International Atomic Energy Agency – that a spinning factor built in the northeastern Syrian town of Hasaka in 2003 was in fact designed for developing nuclear weapons...
Nuclear powers plan weapons spending spree, report finds
The world’s nuclear powers are planning to spend hundreds of billions of pounds modernising and upgrading weapons warheads and delivery systems over the next decade, according to an authoritative report published on Monday.
Power from the people
Plugging gadgets into a socket in the wall, or loading them with batteries – or maybe even unfurling a solar panel – is how most of us think of getting electricity. But what about...
Electric motor made from a single molecule
Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised. The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology. The minuscule motor could have applications in...
DNA computer ‘calculates square roots’
Researchers have shown off a “DNA computer” of unprecedented complexity, which can calculate square roots. DNA computing uses chemical reactions to solve problems in which a number of DNA strands act as “bits”.
DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas
A Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and will be...
Dark Energy
New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — On Tuesday, three U.S.-trained scientists won the Nobel prize in physics, for finding definitive evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
