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2013 Prediction: Physics Enters A New Era
The Large Hadron Collider's Compact Muon Solenoid courtesy CERN Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the future used to be measured...
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2013 Prediction: Stem Cells Sidestep Controversy
Stem Cells Sidestep Controversy Jesse Lenz Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the future used to be measured in decades. But big...
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2013 Prediction: Science Funding Remains Strong
Barack Obama Signing At His Desk Wikimedia Commons Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the future used to be measured in decades....
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How To Build A Hero
Rescue Bot In the DARPA Robotics Challenge, robots will compete in a variety of tasks, including the use of tools to cut through a wall. THOR, a humanoid bot built by a Virginia Tech–led team, has...
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How To Create A More Resilient Power Grid
Home Grid Davvi HOME1) Generate Power Home solar systems can save money and reduce demand on power plants. But if they can't automatically disconnect from the grid during a blackout, they must shut...
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How Neuroscience Will Fight Five Age-Old Afflictions
Rewiring The Brain: Seizures a) A surgeon identifies where in the brain seizures occur using electrodes placed on the scalp, then inserts an electrode array directly into that region. b) A seizure...
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Sun Shot
Over Switzerland The HB-SIA solar plane flies over Switzerland in 2011. Solar Impulse/Jean Revillard On the morning of March 21, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed their balloon in the...
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Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?
End Of The Interface David Holz [left] and Michael Buckwald have built a device called the Leap Motion controller that allows users to interact with computers with a wave of a hand. Cody Pickens David...
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The 25 Best Nerd Road Trips
Dek ArraySoudan, Minnesota N 47.819302 / W 92.242954 This 19th-century iron mine in the boreal forests of Minnesota has been repurposed as one of the deepest physics experiments in North America—and...
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How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine
The Body Shop Kevin Hand A device the size of an espresso machine quietly whirs to life. The contraption isn't filled with fresh, pungent grounds but, instead, spoonfuls of opaque, sterile goo. Its...
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5 Ways Gestural Control Could Change Everything
Robotic Surgery With accuracy of up to .01 millimeters, a Leap Motion device could enable doctors to perform precise surgical procedures by manipulating robotic arms. It could also allow them to treat...
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How It Works: Inside The Machine That Separates Your Recyclables
The most annoying aspect of recycling—and one of the biggest hurdles to its widespread adoption—is having to separate paper, glass, and plastic before they hit the curb. New recycling machines are...
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This Race Car Swaps Fossil Fuels For Hydrogen Power
Hybrid Racer Courtesy Aston Martin In May, Aston Martin's Rapide S completed the 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race while earning an unusual distinction: For more than 11 laps—about 182 miles—it...
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The Evidence for Dark Matter
Dek No one has ever isolated a particle of dark matter, but that hasn’t shaken physicists’ resolve to confirm its existence. While they chase it using a variety of detectors, the astronomical case for...
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The Trials And Torments Of Space School
Sending people to space has always involved a frank assessment of their defects, and in the early days, it was a matter of finding people without any. First it was fighter pilots—calm in a crisis,...
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Meet The People Who Want To Print A Home In A Day
Home In A Day wikihouse.cc On a cold, gray day in central London, Alastair Parvin is staring at a coffeepot, or what used to be one before he took it apart to clean it. The appliance lies strewn...
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Beyond The Boom
Aerion Jet The body of Aerion’s supersonic business jet will be made from composite materials and aluminum. Courtesy Aerion On an October afternoon in 2003, a Concorde airliner descended from a...
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Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Customized Wind Tunnel For Ski Jumpers
Sarah Hendrickson Nate Christenson/Red Bull Content Pool Though it may seem like an eternity, ski jumpers typically spend just a few seconds in the air. To refine their form at various air speeds and...
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Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Real-Time Data For Going Big In The Half-Pipe
Don’t let the headphones and baggy pants fool you. Snowboarders are intensely competitive. Last fall, members of the U.S. team began recording their velocity, body angle, and G-force with a wearable...
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