Mathematicians create a non-repeating pattern from a new 13-sided polygon dubbed 'the hat'
It's a shape called an "einstein" that researchers have been seeking for decades
Scientists accidentally create the world's lightest paint by mimicking Mother Nature
A drop the size of a raisin could paint both sides of the door to your house
Yeah! Science! Traditional paint is made from a bonding agent, such as oil, and pigments from heavy metals like cobalt, ochre, and cadmium, which make blue, red, and yellow, respectively. We use paint to color the artificial world, but in nature, creatures such as butterflies and beetles display vibrant palettes without pigment - they use topography.
Scientists accidentally create new form of ice not expected to exist
This type of ice might occur naturally on moons orbiting Neptune and Jupiter due to intense gravitational tides
Earth's inner core might be reversing its spin
Core might oscillate on a decades-long cycle, but scientists disagree
Playing Call of Duty Can Improve Your Driving Skills
#TBT "Playing video games can make you a better driver," it's not exactly what you imagine. Ironically, studies show that first-person shooters like Call of Duty provide more benefits for drivers than driving games do.
Science isn't as disruptive as it used to be. Now we need to understand why
Citation data shows a steep decline in revolutionary discoveries
Liquid cooling makes high density storage more reliable, study shows
Fully submersing hard drives cools better and puts less strain on the drive's moving parts
Study shows remote workers are becoming more, not less engaged
Remote meetings are becoming shorter but more frequent
Researchers develop nano-thin gold coating to prevent glass from fogging up
Ideal for eyeglasses and windshields
In a nutshell: Researchers at ETH Zurich have spent the last few years perfecting a coating capable of passively preventing fogging on glass surfaces. Their latest iteration consists of extremely thin clusters of gold situated between ultrathin layers of titanium oxide on the top and bottom. The resulting coating is able to absorb a portion of infrared radiation from the Sun, which heats up the surface by as much as eight degrees Celsius and prevents condensation from forming.
Security researchers foil NASA docking procedure with novel attack on Ethernet network
Device disrupts real network switches long enough for fake ones to send in signals
UK clinical trials transfuse two people using blood produced in a lab
Why it matters: Hospitals have a constant need for donated blood. Approximately 30,000 units per day are used to treat accident victims and people with blood ailments like sickle cell anemia. Hospitals often suffer shortages when they receive a high number of trauma patients. But what if we could duplicate a typical donation in a lab and give it a longer shelf life?
Researchers develop spray-on "metallic" plastic that conducts electricity like metal
Scientists still aren't sure how or why it works
Google's new AI image noise reduction tool could be a game changer
Photographers may soon be able to see in the dark
Oxford study finds video games don't affect your well-being, no matter how long you spend playing them
Unless you feel like you can't stop
Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon for the first time
Paving the way for extraterrestrial agriculture
Researchers develop a way to view livestreamed video games from any angle
Spectators can control what they see
Suitcase-sized device turns seawater into drinking water at the push of a button
It uses electricity, not filters, to cleanse seawater
This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes
Or as much as 1 billion Blu-ray discs
Physicists discover "impossible" one-way superconductor that could lead to dramatically faster computers
Computers could become hundreds of times faster
Chinese researchers create the world's smallest transistor gate
Behold the side-wall transistor, possibly the last node for Moore's Law
Researchers discover new fingerprinting method that can track you by your GPU
Every GPU generates a unique trace
Raspberry Pi-based device uses electromagnetic waves to detect malware
It can spot even obfuscated malware
Researchers discover way to control brain areas with light beams
Tech could help epilepsy, muscle spasm, and skin tissue expansion treatments
Adaptable transistors could reduce CPU transistor count by 85 percent
Huge efficiency gains are possible
Researchers develop a camera the size of a salt grain
The lensless technology is capable of capturing images with quality comparable to a six-lens optic