Thomas Sowell:
It is painfully ironic that we should be promoting the spread of democracy abroad when democracy is shrinking at home. Over the years, the outcomes of our elections have meant less and less, as judges have taken more and more decisions out of the hands of elected officials.

Electrodes have been used to trap, interrogate and release individual bacteria in a bio-electronic circuit that could be used to construct nanoscale machines.

Electronics engineer in India has developed a cost effective unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) which can perform six different operations ranging from handling hazardous material to land mine detection.

Scientists believe they may be able to significantly increase people’s lifespans by learning why cancer cells are immortal.

A computer program designed to help parents protect youngsters from predators has received wide acceptance in Southfield, according to police Chief Joseph E. Thomas Jr.
It also has an unintended - and surprising - consequence.

More energy is trapped under the sea as frozen natural gas than is stored in all the world’s oil reserves — and researchers this week took a step toward tapping it.

A self-replicating 3D printer that spawns new, improved versions of itself is in development at the University of Bath in the UK.

The Plant Backpack is a transportable greenhouse with an attached breathing mask. The bearer of this unit enjoys a symbiosis with the plants.

By decoding signals coming from neurons, scientists at the California Institute of Technology have confirmed that an area of the brain known as the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vPF) is involved in the planning stages of movement, that instantaneous flicker of time when we contemplate moving a hand or other limb. The work has implications for […]