LUIS VON AHN, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, sold one Internet start-up to Google in 2009, and is now on to another. With the new company, Duolingo, he hopes to tap the... Read more
A team of Spanish scientists has developed an intelligent nanodevice that lays the foundations for the future development of new therapies against aging. The device consists of nanoparticles... Read more
Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also central structures of the brain. While the brain is able to adapt and compensate for injury in certain conditions, in ampu... Read more
How One Girl Is Changing The World Waterloo Region: A 16 year old Waterloo Collegiate student who invented a disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using nano-particles from trees, won... Read more
Fans of the film Blade Runner may remember a scene in which the maker of an artificial snake is identified by a microscopic serial number on one of its scales. Well, in a rare case of presen... Read more
Image by AV-1 via Flickr Biometric systems — designed to automatically recognize individuals based on biological and behavioral traits such as fingerprints, palm prints, or voice or fa... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Quick: What do MRI machines, rockets, fiber optics, LCDs, food production and welding have in common? They all require the inert, or noble, gas helium for their use or at... Read more
Image via Wikipedia If neuroimaging can reliably discern truth from falsehood, should brain scans be admissible evidence in court cases? Brooklyn defense attorney David Zevin almost made leg... Read more