Internet backbone breaks the 100-gigabit barrier

The 100-gigabit system abandons on-off switching in favour of changing the phase of the light waves.

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Japanese Scientists Invent 'Elastic' Water

Japanese scientists from the Tokyo University have invented a new material, which consists of water by 95. The new aqua substance is elastic and transparent and looks very much like jelly.

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Outer planets may have oceans of diamond

Oceans of liquid diamond, filled with solid diamond icebergs, could be floating on Neptune and Uranus, according to a new report.

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Walls That Can Sniff Out Terrorists?

Researchers at brain trust Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing andErgonomics (FKIE) in Wachtberg, Germany have developed a network of "chemical noses" that can not only smell chemicals hidden on a person, but also identify the carrier as he or she m …

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China and India pursue 'hit-to-kill' technology

India and China are forging ahead with technology that could be used to kill satellites. An official from India's Ministry of Defence announced on 3 January that the country is developing a "kill vehicle" with laser vision that could home in on and destroy satellites in orbit.

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Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant

It's easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant.

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Chemical computer that mimics neurons to be created

A promising push toward a novel, biologically-inspired "chemical computer" has begun as part of an international collaboration. The "wet computer" incorporates several recently discovered properties of chemical systems that can be hijacked to engineer computing power.

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Nanoscience Goes 'Big': Discovery Could Lead to Enhanced Electronics

"People have created a huge variety of unique and functional nanostructures, but for some intended applications they are worthless unless you can place individual structures, billions or trillions of them at the same time, at precise locations," Hung added.

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On the beat: Scientists spot genes for heart rhythm

PARIS (AFP) – Researchers on Sunday said they had identified more than a dozen genes that help modulate heart rate, a finding that one day may lead to smarter cardiac drugs.

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Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent of Human Genetic Material Comes from a Virus

About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S.

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Sun Glints Seen from Space Signal Oceans and Lakes

In two new videos from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, bright flashes of light known as sun glints act as beacons signaling large bodies of water on Earth.

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10 Percent of Solar Systems Are Like Ours

In their quest to find solar systems analogous to ours, astronomers have determined how common our solar system is.

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Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas

Japanese researchers said Wednesday they hoped to enlist bacteria in the fight against global warming to transform carbon dioxide buried under the seabed into natural gas.

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Computer method 'spots art fakes'

A simple method to distinguish artistic fakes and imitations has been demonstrated by researchers.

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The Evil (Cyber) Empire: Inside the world of Russian hackers

Did Russian hackers manage to steal tens of millions of dollars from Citigroup? While The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI is investigating the alleged loss, the financial organization denies losing money in such a security breach.

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Mystery 'dark flow' extends towards edge of universe

Something big is out there beyond the visible edge of our universe. That's the conclusion of the largest analysis to date of over 1000 galaxy clusters streaming in one direction at blistering speeds.

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Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement

The US and European space agencies have signed the "letter of intent" that ties together their Mars programmes.

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Astronomers see 'skeleton' of the universe

Astronomers have for the first time seen part of the 'cosmic web' of galaxies that holds together the known universe, some seven billion light-years from Earth.

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Volcanoes to split Africa: scientists

Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two and create a new ocean, say scientists.

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Achtung baby! German babies say 'wäh', French say 'ouain'

That's the conclusion of a new study in Current Biology that compared the cries of 30 healthy French and 30 German newborns aged just two to five days old.

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Hubble's New Camera Delivers Another Stunner

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Laser microscope aims to uncover alien life

MICROSCOPES revolutionised the study of life on Earth. Now a rugged, easy-to-use instrument is aiming to be equally influential in the search for alien life in locations such as the oceans beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

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Out of LSD? Just 15 Minutes of Sensory Deprivation Triggers Hallucinations

You don't need psychedelic drugs to start seeing colors and objects that aren't really there. Just 15 minutes of near-total sensory deprivation can bring on hallucinations in many otherwise sane individuals.

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First black hole for light created on Earth

An electromagnetic "black hole" that sucks in surrounding light has been built for the first time. The device, which works at microwave frequencies, may soon be extended to trap visible light, leading to an entirely new way of harvesting solar energy to generate electricity.

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Like Humans, Plants Fare Better When They're Among "Family"

In 2007, Canadian researchers amazed us with the discovery that plants can distinguish whether nearby plants are their siblings —in other words, if they've grown from seeds from the same source.

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