NASA planning for possible landings on Europa

All these worlds are yours except Europa, Attempt no landing there, Use them together use them in peace

High-energy physicists set record for network data transfer

Caltech researchers have set a new world record for data-transfer speed, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the

Trillion-frame-per-second video camera is world’s fastest

MIT researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion exposures per second. Media Lab postdoc Andreas

Largest-ever simulation of the universe revealed

Korea Institute for Advanced Study in Seoul scientists have carried out the largest-ever simulation of the universe, consisting of 374 billion particles in

Solar power much cheaper to produce than most analysts realize, study finds

The public is being kept in the dark about the viability of solar photovoltaic energy, according to a study conducted at Queen’s University. The real cost in

Report projects massive solar growth in India

As the American and European solar industries face continued uncertainty, India is aggressively ramping up its solar ambitions behind falling prices and growing energy needs.

A black hole's dinner is fast approaching

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a gas cloud with several times the mass of the Earth accelerating fast towards the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. This is the first time ever that the approach of such a doomed cloud to a supermassive black hole has been observed. The results will be published in the 5 January 2012 issue of the journal Nature.

First molybdenite microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more energy efficient transistors.

The birth of a telescope 30 times larger than Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- On 15 November 2011, the Effelsberg 100-meter radio telescope, together with three Russian and one Ukrainian telescope, took part in the first interferometric observations with the orbiting 10-meter antenna Spektr-R of the Russian RadioAstron project. The observations were made at a wavelength of 18 centimeters, targeting the distant, bright, and very compact quasar 0212+735. Interferometric signals have been successfully detected by the RadioAstron team between Spektr-R and the ground antennas, setting a new world record for the size of a radio interferometer and opening a new era in interferometric studies of cosmic radio emission.

First commercial 3-D chip-making capability announced

IBM and Micron Technology, Inc. have announced that Micron will begin production of a new memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing

Rumors erupt over Higgs Boson discovery

After gazillions of particle collisions in the LHC and countless rumors of Higgs discoveries, we have... yet another rumor of a Higgs discovery.