Stockholm

Jul 19

Smarter traffic systems create better cities. IBM worked with the City of Stockholm to implement smart toll systems that cut gridlock by 20% and saved the citizens both time and money.

Digital camouflage

Jul 15

Read more here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19166 Can you spot the animals hidden in this video?

Curiosity spins its wheels

Jul 15

Engineers just installed six new wheels on the Curiosity rover, and rotated all six wheels at once on July 9, 2010. This milestone marked the first in a series of "tune ups" to get the rover ready for a drive in the clean room where it is being assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Curiosity is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is expected to launch in late 2011, and touch down wheels-first in summer 2012.

NASA | Goddard Astrobiology Research Featuring Dr. Michael Mumma

Jul 14

Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. The Goddard Center for Astrobiology and the NASA Astrobiology Institute focus on this amazing field through research, experimentation, and work with scientists from all over the world. In...

New Space Technology Program Seeks Innovative Solutions

Jul 14

NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist will complement the technology development activities within NASA's Mission Directorates, leveraging synergies between them, and delivering forward-reaching technology solutions for future NASA science and exploration missions, and significant national needs.

Evolution of the Shrug: Darwin's Principle of Antithesis

Jul 14

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Adam_Gopnik_and_Steven_Pinker_Debate_Darwin Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker relays his favorite bit of "Darwiniana": Darwin's principle of antithesis. Darwin proposed that both animals and humans alike employ a certain set of...

3D Tracking Microscope

May 25

2008 R&D 100 Awards Los Alamos National Laboratory Submission

Silicon Micromachined Dimensional Calibration Artifact for Mesoscale Measurement Machines

May 25

2008 R&D 100 Awards Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M. As we continue to design ever smaller mechanical systems (think chip-scale packaging and fuel injector systems), the need to accurately measure the tiny devices weve made becomes ever more acute. Vision-based metrology,...

Steve Koonin speaks at MSU Part 2

May 25

Steve Koonin, Dept. of Energy Under Secretary for Science, delivers a speech on energy policy as part of the June 12 Rare Isotope Beams for the 21st Century event at Michigan State University.

Steve Koonin speaks at MSU Part 1

May 25

Steve Koonin, Dept. of Energy Under Secretary for Science, delivers a speech on energy policy as part of the June 12 Rare Isotope Beams for the 21st Century event at Michigan State University.

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The irresistability of the end

Aug 26

What is it about doomsday scenarios? Every once in a while, it seems, the general public can’t get enough of predictions about impending disaster. And the most recent spate of disaster ruminations seems more pervasive than ever.

Premature death notice

Aug 19

Earlier this week, Wired editor Chris Anderson declared the death of the Web and the rise of everything else (on the Internet). It was a bit like twittering the death of your favorite celebrity on Twitter, except in this case it’s the one loved by billions.

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CC Radio - Episode 46

Sep 1

Post-Doctoral Fellow at CC Department of Bioethics Part of Academy Award-Nominated Documentary. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

CC Radio - Episode 45

Aug 27

Clinical Center Studies Noninvasive Imaging of Heart Failure. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/