Wormhole Wonders: Hunting Down Spacetime Shortcuts

Science fiction literature is full of stories in which tunnels in space-time known as wormholes are used for time travel. How much fact lies within the fiction? The answer is, more than you might think.

Medical first use of gene editing in humans, reversing leukemia, points to promising future

With this leukemia reversal, gene editing has now demonstrated remarkable promise and fueled optimism about future uses. But experts urge caution.

Physicists discover a weird new form of matter

New research uncovers an unusual form of matter - not a conventional metal, insulator, or magnet, for example, but something entirely different.

World Leaders Getting Ready to Rumble Over Carbon Emission Reductions -- Not a Moment Too Soon

United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP21 - is almost upon us. There are high hopes leaders gathering in Paris later this month, will come up with binding agreements to drastically curb carbon emissions to stop catastrophic climate disruption once and for all.

Quantum computers could be next great leap for mankind

Scientist Eric Ladizinsky compares advent of new technology to discovery of fire

Get Lost in This Jaw-Dropping View of the Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula and the Star Queen nebula can be seen in this annotated view.

Denmark Just Produced 140% Of Its Electricity Needs Via Wind Power

On Thursday, high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs, with plenty to spare for neighboring countries.

360 Video - Take a ride on Elon Musk's Hyperloop

The new technology, called Hyperloop, would consist of a tube with Concorde-like seating inside able to send passengers at 760 miles an hour on a cushion of compressed air

Researchers Discover Thin Material that Could Pave the Way for Next-Gen Quantum Communications

A major breakthrough has been made by researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney that could pave the way for the next-generation of quantum communications.

Kenya's latest geothermal project sets a new world record | ESI-Africa.com

  • 30 Oct 2015

In East Africa, Kenya is currently utilising temporary geothermal wellheads as another source of clean energy.

Our Place in the Cosmos

If our Galaxy truly contains many intelligent civilizations, some of which may be ahead of us by a billion years, how is it possible that we have not seen any sign of them yet? Nobody knows the answer to this so-called "Fermi Paradox," but..

DONG Energy To Build World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

DONG Energy has revealed it will be constructing the 660 MW Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, the world's largest offshore wind farm. According to the company's announcement.

SDSC Launches Comet Supercomputer

When the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) launched its first supercomputer, a Cray XMP-48, it was about as powerful as an iPhone is today. Now SDSC has formally taken the wraps off Comet, a new petascale supercomputer that is over 2 million times more powerful than that first system.

Scientists Successfully Connect Brain to Android Tablet

Paralyzed patient can now type and surf the internet with a neural implant and tablet.