Researchers are trying to make an artificial cicada for underwater communication.
Month: May 2013
Sensitive new microphone modeled on fly ear
Using the sensitive ears of a parasitic fly for inspiration, a group of researchers has…
New maps show how shipping noise spans the globe
Scientists have modeled shipping noise on a global scale.
New technology modifies music hall acoustics
With the flick of a switch, inflatable sound absorbers can turn classical music halls into…
Study coaxes clays to make human bone
Whether damaged by injury, disease or age, your body as an adult can’t create new…
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale team assembles final observatory
On May 20, 2013, the Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission team at NASA’s Goddard Space…
Mobile Device “Security”: The Problems of Remotely Disabling Stolen Phones
The problem of mobile device theft has become sufficiently severe that legislators have decided to…
Mobile Device “Securityâ€: The Problems of Remotely Disabling Stolen Phones
The problem of mobile device theft has become sufficiently severe that legislators have decided to…
Pebbly rocks testify to old streambed on Mars
Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers’ initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that NASA’s…
Radiation measured by NASA’s Curiosity on voyage to Mars has implications for future human missions
Measurements taken by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to…