Mark Hoffman : Science World Report

Mar 31, 2014 11:55 PM EDT

The Solar Cycle As Seen by SOHO

It took 10 years to create this image of our changing Sun. Taken from space by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), it shows a dramatically different picture than the one we receive on Earth.

Mar 27, 2014 06:47 PM EDT

Robot Builds on Insights into Atlantic Razor Clam Dynamics

"RoboClam" replicates a clam’s ability to burrow into soil while using very little energy.

Mar 10, 2014 04:43 PM EDT

How Do Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin Work?

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are a new form of electronic money independent of traditional banking, with the bitcoins that started circulating in 2009 becoming the most prominent of several such fledgling digital currencies.

Feb 07, 2014 01:59 PM EST

Gigantic Next Generation Particle Collider to Succeed LHC is in the Works

The Future Circular Collider (FCC) could have a circumference of 80 to 100 kilometres (the LHC has a circumference of 27km), but first a five-year exploratory study will be carried out to look into the feasibility and cost of various different machines.

Jan 12, 2014 10:27 PM EST

Micro-Windmills Smaller Than a Grain of Rice Demonstrated

Researchers at the University of Texas Arlington have designed a micro-windmill that is fully functional while barely visible: A single grain of rice could hold about 10 of these tiny windmills.

Jan 09, 2014 05:32 PM EST

IBM to Invest $1 Billion to Bring Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer System Watson to Market

IBM said it will invest more than $1 billion to establish a new business unit for Watson, as the tech giant hopes to get more revenue from the supercomputer system that beat humans on the television quiz show "Jeopardy".

Jan 08, 2014 10:49 PM EST

Super-Strong Magnetic Pulse Generator Prototype Unveiled

A novel high-tech magnetic pulse generator that shrinks the size of this kind of device from room-sized to tabletop has been developed and demonstrated by Rice University scientists.

Jan 07, 2014 05:34 PM EST

Steam Fog over the Great Lakes - Incredible Phenomenon Seen From Space

When a swirling mass of Arctic air (the polar vortex) moved south and passed over the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, the contrast in temperatures created a visual spectacle.

Jan 02, 2014 04:37 PM EST

NASA's Lunar Orbiter Spots China's Lander Chang'e-3 On The Moon

China's moon lander Chang'e 3 successfully landed on the lunar Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) just east of a 450 m diameter impact crater on 14 December 2013 -- and it was spotted on Christmas Eve by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as seen in this before-after-image.

Jan 02, 2014 03:00 PM EST

Over a Thousand Candidates Shortlisted for Life on Mars

The Mars One project, which aims to put humans on Mars permanently and drew 200,000 applicants, has now announced that more than a thousand of these candidates were shortlisted. They will now be tested in order to come up with a final list of 24 would-be Mars-dwellers.

Dec 31, 2013 09:00 PM EST

Astronauts from Space Station Send Video New Year's Greeting in Times Square 2014

NASA astronauts will help ring in 2014 by sending greetings from space and from Earth to the crowd gathered in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Dec 31, 2013 02:59 PM EST

Breakthrough: One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion Power Station

The superconductivity research group of the University of Twente (UT) has made a technological breakthrough crucial to the success of nuclear fusion reactors, allowing for clean, inexhaustible energy generation based on the workings of the stars in our galaxy.