Launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Delayed Until Spring of 2019

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is no stranger to launch delays. The latest sees it moved from the previously planned launch of October 2018 to Spring of 2019, sometime between March and June of 2019. According…

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Graphene-Fed Spiders Spin One of the Strongest Materials on Earth

Researchers at University of Trento in Italy have found a novel way to increase the overall strength of spider silk. Scientists have developed a synthetic version of spider silk, which is about five times stronger than normal,…

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Stem Cell Fillings Let Teeth Repair Themselves

People often put off routine dental checkups for years or even decades due to the fear of the dentist’s chair. But what if your damaged teeth could heal themselves?  Scientists from the University of Nottingham…

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Researchers Working On Developing The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Of Soft Robots

In general, soft robots are created for a specific purpose and don’t have much use outside of their intended applications. As a result, researchers working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)…

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Nearly Half a Million Pacemakers Need Firmware Update to Avert Hackers

The US Food and Drug Administration has made a startling discovery that approximately 465,000 pacemakers are in danger of being hacked. In fact, the agency issued a massive recall after determining hackers had the potential…

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Jaguar Land Rover Sees Us Talking to Steering Wheels In The Future

Jaguar Land Rover envisions a future where steering wheels are still included in vehicles some 30 years down the road. In fact, the British automaker believes an AI-powered steering wheel might be the only thing…

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Revolutionary New Electrode Design Can Charge Batteries in Seconds

We all have experienced the pain of having our phone’s battery die during the most inopportune times. But soon, you will no longer need to drop everything to search for a place to plug in…

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Thermal Imaging Assists Surgical Procedures

FLIR Systems has published an applications article that describes how a leading U.S. university has been using the FLIR A655sc thermal imaging camera to study the effects of temperature on tissue autofluorescence. Tissue autofluorescence spectroscopy…

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