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FlexCharger: A 5-in-1 Charger for Your iPhone and Android Devices Posted: 12 Mar 2015 08:00 AM PDT Picture this: you need to charge your phone urgently but the phone charger is being used by some The post FlexCharger: A 5-in-1 Charger for Your iPhone and Android Devices has been published on Technology Org.

Astronomers discover fastest ever unbound star in our galaxy Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:37 AM PDT A fast-moving unbound star discovered by astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast has broken the galactic speed record. The The post Astronomers discover fastest ever unbound star in our galaxy has been published onTechnology Org.

The corrugated galaxy – Milky Way may be much larger than previously estimated Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:24 AM PDT The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50 percent larger than is commonly estimated, according to new findings The post The corrugated galaxy – Milky Way may be much larger than previously estimated has been published on Technology Org.

Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon’s Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:18 AM PDT NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day The post Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon’s Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity has been published on Technology Org.

Scientists Develop New Way to Make the Strongest Spider Silk Fibres Yet Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:33 AM PDT Researchers from the Centre for Biomedical Technology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and their colleagues at the ETSI The post Scientists Develop New Way to Make the Strongest Spider Silk Fibres Yet has been published on Technology Org.

Major Australian Study: Homeopathy no More Effective than Placebo Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:27 AM PDT The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released its long-awaited, extensive review of all available research The post Major Australian Study: Homeopathy no More Effective than Placebo has been published on Technology Org.

‘Quantum Jitters’ Could Form Basis of Evolution, Cancer Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:19 PM PDT The molecular machines that copy DNA in a living cell are amazingly fast and accurate at pairing up The post ‘Quantum Jitters’ Could Form Basis of Evolution, Cancer has been published onTechnology Org.

Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:39 PM PDT Small satellites are becoming increasingly popular tools for Earth-imaging, communications, and other applications. But they have major control The post Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable has been published onTechnology Org.

Researchers develop ‘visual Turing test’ Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:19 PM PDT Researchers from Brown and Johns Hopkins universities have come up with a new way to evaluate how well The post Researchers develop ‘visual Turing test’ has been published on Technology Org.

An injectable polymer could keep soldiers, trauma patients from bleeding to death Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:20 AM PDT Most military battlefield casualties die before ever reaching a surgical hospital. Of those soldiers who might potentially survive, The post An injectable polymer could keep soldiers, trauma patients from bleeding to death has been published on Technology Org.

Look, something shiny! How color images can influence consumers Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:51 AM PDT When it comes to buying things, our brains can’t see the big, black-and-white forest for all the tiny, The post Look, something shiny! How color images can influence consumers has been published on Technology Org.

Detection of gamma rays from a newly discovered dwarf galaxy may point to dark matter Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:25 PM PDT Scientists have detected for the first time gamma rays emanating from a dwarf galaxy. Such a detection may The post Detection of gamma rays from a newly discovered dwarf galaxy may point to dark matter has been published on Technology Org.

Optical fibres light the way for brain-like computing Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:08 PM PDT Computers that function like the human brain could soon become a reality thanks to new research using optical The post Optical fibres light the way for brain-like computing has been published on Technology Org.

Beating bird wings generate electricity for data collector Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:52 PM PDT A technology that generates electricity from the beating wings of birds, bats or even moths could produce enough The post Beating bird wings generate electricity for data collector has been published onTechnology Org.