Exon points us to this Science Roll post with a compilation of science-oriented video archives.
Philip Ball has a post recounting the history (and the key person) behind the development of goggles that filter out UV and IR radiation.
Guru points us to some of the classic papers from the previous centuries that Philosophical Magazine has published [...]
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Wired has an article (with links) about on-going research in energy-saving technologies in MIT. Check this one out!
The research is applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept — thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion of light into electricity. Rather than using the engine to turn a generator or alternator in [...]
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… from the great innovation machine, also known as MIT. Do take a look at the latest issue of Technology Review.
The technolgies include nanomedicine and nanobiomechanics. In fact, the latter describes the work of Prof. Subra Suresh of MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
… [Since] 2003, Suresh’s laboratory has spent more and more time [...]
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… all of them made possible by the great folks at digg.com.
A really, truly, absolutely amazing picture of the Niagara falls from a satellite up above the world so high; it actually looks as if it was taken from a helicopter flying at a low altitude. It’s awsome. [via]
You must feast your eyes on [...]
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