Tech
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Science & Society
AAAS: The New Masters of Science
A new master's degree program is emerging that is creating "a new type of scientist" and a new professional class.
- Chemistry
Supergoo Erases ‘Monument-al’ Nuclear Fallout
From disposable diapers comes a technology that can be used to extract radionuclides off of the porous surfaces of buildings.
- Tech
Two satellites collide in Earth orbit
In an unprecedented collision, two large satellites crashed into each other in low-Earth orbit on February 10.
- Health & Medicine
Electronic Records: A Way to Stretch Nurses
Cost savings are perhaps not even the primary benefit of the White House proposal for national electronic medical recordkeeping.
- Earth
California may yet get the first greenhouse gas limits for cars
President Obama decides to revisit a controversial decision made less than a year ago by his predecessor.
- Humans
Obama’s new directive on energy efficiency
New appliance standards are coming, the president reported today.
- Humans
Federal R&D downturn preceded ‘08 economic crash
Federal R&D spending looks grim — until you compare it to the U.S. economy in general.
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- Life
Whipping fluids along in microlabs
Researchers have detailed one way for hairlike structures to drive liquid in a "lab on a chip."
- Earth
Water-cleanup experiment caused lead poisoning
Featured blog: Lead concentrations spiked in many children living in the nation's capital after the local water authority altered the treatment used to disinfect drinking water.
- Quantum Physics
Quantum information teleported between distant atoms
A team is the first to transfer a qubit, which contains quantum information, from one atom to another, a feat that could aid quantum computing and secure communication.
- Computing
Computing Evolution
Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life.
