Mathematical Model Estimates Cyber Attack Timing
Mathematical Model Estimates Cyber Attack Timing
Worm-Inspired Glue Mends Broken Hearts
Worm-Inspired Glue Mends Broken Hearts
The beating heart is a tough place to try sticking things together. When surgeons need to get in there to fix something that has gone amiss, their options for sealing incisions are mostly limited to stitches or liquid adhesives.
Going to Extremes: The Short Uphill Runway at Nepal's Lukla Airport Ends in a Rock Wall. Prepare for Landing
Going to Extremes: The Short Uphill Runway at Nepal's Lukla Airport Ends in a Rock Wall. Prepare for Landing
Lukla's Tenzing-Hillary airport in Nepal could be the most extreme commercial airport in the world. Perched 9,382 feet high, in a valley filled with wicked wind shear, it has a fearsome uphill runway just four football fields long that ends in a rock wall.
Here is another advanced material The Slo Mo Guys caught with...
Here is another advanced material The Slo Mo Guys caught with...
Txch This Week: Artificial Life Wiggles Into Digital Existence
Txch This Week: Artificial Life Wiggles Into Digital Existence
This week on Txchnologist, we learned about advances in transparent electronics that could one day lead to implantable devices that give us real-time status updates on our health.
This flower is drawn with conductive metal ink, creating a...
This flower is drawn with conductive metal ink, creating a...
This flower is drawn with conductive metal ink, creating a complete circuit that lights a green LED bulb. The functioning, flexible circuit is drawn on regular paper with a new ink that is composed of nanoscopic sheets made of copper, its creators say.
Is There a Skills Gap? It's Less Clear-Cut Than You Think
Is There a Skills Gap? It's Less Clear-Cut Than You Think
Closing the "skills gap" is high on the list of priorities for Washington policymakers. But the debate behind the skills gaps---whether it exists, how large it might be, and what to do about it---is much less clear-cut than a casual reading of the papers would suggest.
Astronomers Find Clouds On Distant World
Astronomers Find Clouds On Distant World
University of Chicago astronomers have logged a record amount of time peering through the Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of a distant world. They’ve detected clear evidence of exotic clouds that may be composed of compounds like zinc sulfide or potassium chloride.