Recent Discoveries and Breakthroughs

Curious to find out about recent discoveries and breakthroughs in health & medicine, science & space, technology, our environment and our living world? Interested in the latest research findings? Please visit us often to get the most interesting research news and updates.

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HGST Travelstar 5K1500 Notebook Drive: 1.5TB in Slim 9.5mm Casing

by Rey M.L.

Most laptops support hard drives of only up to a 9.5 millimetre thickness, and before now the largest data capacity available within that thickness was one terabyte. For those select few who need more than that, HGST has arrived with a solution.

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German Industrial Robots Turned Aussie GPS Testers

by Katie Gatto

It looks like robots, that were designed to do heavy work in factories in Germany, are going to be going on a new adventure. They are going to be used to help test the relability of the GPS systems down under in the outback.The systems data will be used to refine the system and help tectonic plate research in the future.

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Xbox One Revealed

by dendory

Today Microsoft introduced the Xbox One, its next generation gaming console, and the company aims to make it an all-in-one device for the living room with online and social features for the whole family.

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Cool Inspiration From Previous Arctic Innovation Competition Winners!

Meet the previous Arctic Innovation Competition grand prize winners

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition, it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration:

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Bitcoin Creator Exposed

by dendory

Ted Nelson, a pioneer in information technology, crafted a long series of investigations where he discovered who the creator of Bitcoin might be.

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Develop An App For NETGEAR'S Million Dollar App Contest & Win Up To $1,000,000!

develop networking app for Netgear, win one million dollars!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re a master of creating networking apps, you’ve got a great chance to score up to one million dollars in Las Vegas for your innovative development skills.

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Space Driving Record Broken by Robot

by Katie Gatto

A new record was broken recently by a robot. In addition to being able to beat the worlds champions in chess it turns out that robots may be better at distance driving, at least in the endless void of space. The 1972, human set, record for the most distance driven in space was broken by a 2004 launced rover.

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$16,000 Up For Grabs Via The 2013 Mobile Dev Challenge For Best Mobile App!

by Arnold Carreiro

Are you a stellar mobile app innovator who needs a good excuse to show off your work? Any sort of mobile app can be thrown into the running, as long as it’s excellent!

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Carbon Aerogel Created By Chinese Scientists Is The World's Lightest Material

by China.new

Carbon aerogel created by Chinese scientists from Zhejiang University has a measured density of 0.16 mg/cubic centimeter or one-sixth as dense as air! The ultra-light synthetic material is also able to absorb up to 900 times its own weight, offering environmentalists a potentially useful tool for cleaning up oil spills and hazardous waste leaks.

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7 Foot Tall DIY Robot from China

by Katie Gatto

Tao Xiangli, an inventor of some note from China, has once again unveiled a new DIY creation. His newest work is a seven foot tall working robot. The bot, which is made from old parts, cost just under $25,000 and is teh second invention from this intredpid man. His first was a working submarine.

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