A technique that allows researchers to build microscopic structures on tiny biological materials could eventually be used to create devices inside a living cell.

An interesting opinion piece from Eric Norlin of Ping Identity, an identity management company, pointing out some of the cracks around the edges of the internet - some of which you may have noticed lately: “identity fraud, viruses, worms, phishing, snarfing, child porn–oh, and endless piles of spam.” He points out this is to be […]

More human-like robots seem to be appearing all the time, and apparently it’s now time to get down to the nitty gritty detail questions like whether or not robots should have a gender? Many of the new robots do have a gender that’s assigned by their creators, while others end up with a de facto […]

When CDs first came out, they were marketed as being nearly indestructible. We were told we’d be able to throw them around like Frisbees, run over them with cars, and beat on them with a baseball bat and they’d still play perfectly. Obviously, that turned out to be a bit less than truthful, and most […]

Five centuries after his death Italian scientists have finally managed to interpret the design for a car by Leonardo da Vinci and recreate it.