Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category

A Neurochip That Can Communicate With Brain

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists who proved it is possible to cultivate a network of brain cells that reconnect on a silicon chip—or the brain on a microchip—have developed new technology that monitors brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before. Developed with the ...

Water Ice Discovered On Asteroid For First Time

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Water ice has been found on the surface of a nearby asteroid for the first time – a discovery that could help explain how Earth got its oceans, scientists announced. Two teams of researchers independently verified that the asteroid 24 Themis – a large rock hurtling through space in the asteroid ...

Chile Earthquake Shock Effect On Earth’s Axis May Have Created Shorter Days

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The earthquake that took more than 700 lives in Chile on 27th Feb 2010 probably have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.

Dive Into The Ocean With New Google Earth 5.0

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Continuing the trend of online search, Google launched a new service that allows Internet users to explore the depths of the oceans from the comfort of their homes. Google Ocean expands this map to include large swathes of the ocean floor and abyssal plain. Users can dive beneath a dynamic water surface ...

Technology In 2008, Some Important Trends And Events

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2008, improving and influencing our daily life. Here is a quick look at some of the technology events that happened during 2008. Big Bang Experiment: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing beams of ...

Scientists Extract Images Directly From Brain

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Pink Tentacle reports that researchers at Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed a system that can "reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor." According to the researchers, further development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other people’s dreams while ...

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