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  Watch 15,000 volts ripple across plywood in stunning time-lapse video

  By Amar Toor on March 4, 2013 04:11 am + 28 comments

  Applying 15,000 volts of electricity to a sheet of plywood may not seem like a terribly artistic Continue reading…

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  Scientists say child has been 'functionally cured' of HIV infection with early treatment

  By T.C. Sottek on March 3, 2013 06:03 pm + 95 comments

  Medical researchers announced today that, for the first time, a child born with HIV appears to have Continue reading…

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  NASA says SpaceX Dragon is safe to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday

  By T.C. Sottek on March 2, 2013 03:28 pm + 4 comments

  SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was delayed after experiencing a glitch on Friday, casting doubt on its Continue reading…

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  NASA's discovery of third radiation belt around Earth will mean 'rewriting textbooks'

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 04:10 am + 62 comments

  Scientists used to think that the Van Allen belts — two nested rings of charged particles Continue reading…

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  SpiderSense ultrasound suit gives wearers a sixth sense

  By Louis Goddard on February 23, 2013 09:10 am + 22 comments

  New wearable technology under development at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) offers Continue reading…

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  US Department of Justice joins lawsuit against Lance Armstrong for doping, fraud

  By Tim Carmody on February 22, 2013 03:36 pm + 34 comments

  Lance Armstrong's public confession of his longtime use of blood doping and performance-enhancing Continue reading…

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  Robotic wing helps scientists uncover the secrets of bat flight

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 22, 2013 05:05 am + 4 comments

  Scientists at Brown University have developed a robotic wing to study the intricacies of bat flight. Continue reading…

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  Retinal implant restores vision for eight blind people

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 21, 2013 06:16 am + 34 comments

  Last week we heard about the Argus II, a device that can restore partial sight to some blind people, Continue reading…

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  Scientists find weird new property of matter that breaks all the rules

  By Arikia Millikan on February 18, 2013 06:55 pm + 171 comments

  When physicists discover new properties of matter, it usually means better technologies for the rest Continue reading…

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  How nanotechnology is shaping the future

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 18, 2013 12:40 pm

  Nanotechnology — the manipulation of matter on a molecular level — to shape the future of a wide Continue reading…