Science and Technology Blog

Hot sun amazing photos made with amateur telescope

RedPepper — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:31:39 +0000

The astrophotographer Alan Friedman captured this shot at a star party in the Florida Keys last week, using a relatively little amateur telescope. On his website has an entire photo album of space snapshots and more hot sun photos like this one. Image: Alan Friedman © sciteh.com. All rights reserved.Hot sun amazing photos made with [...]

The short story of an elusive beast: Megamouth Shark

RedPepper — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:09:46 +0000

In 1976 a explore ship was moored off the shoreline of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. When the team winched up the anchors they discovered a 4.5 meters long shark twisted up in the cable. It looked like nothing they had ever seen. It was seven years before the creature was officially described and named. [...]

Memristors, the future of artificial intelligence

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:01:05 +0000

Within the past couple of years, memristors have morphed from obscure jargon into one of the hottest properties in physics. They’ve not only been made, but their unique capabilities might revolutionise consumer electronics. More than that, though, along with completing the jigsaw of electronics, they might solve the puzzle of how nature makes that most [...]

Ultradense deuterium 130,000 times denser than water

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:09 +0000

The photograph shows an experiment in which dense deuterium is irradiated by a laser. The white glow in the container in the centre of the photograph is from deuterium. A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University [...]

First satellite launch into orbit by SpaceX

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:04:12 +0000

SpaceX successfully launched a Malaysian satellite into orbit late Monday night, the second successful launch for the private space exploration company, which aims to reduce the cost of orbital transport tenfold. After a series of expensive failures, SpaceX had its first successful launch last September, but that mission carried a dummy payload. Before, on previous [...]

The Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:46:19 +0000

Scientists have been looking to replace fuel guzzling aircrafts with solar powered variants, an innovation that, in addition to passing the green test, would also enable planes to remain in the sky for longer. Darpa, the Pentagon’s advanced-research organization, recently developed an aircraft named Odysseus that could theoretically stay in the air for a decade. [...]

Google Chrome EULA may have hidden traps

RedPepper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:36:52 +0000

Those enthusiasts who were downloaded and installed the new browser Google Chrome without read very carefully EULA could discover with surprise that it contains incredible clauses.

The water on the planet Mars

RedPepper — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:54:33 +0000

Satellite radar mapping of North Pole of the planet Mars has revealed ice cap age that was formed with 5 million years ago.

3D Ultrasound vision for robot-surgeons

RedPepper — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:44:08 +0000

Scientists utilize 3-D ultrasound machinery to drive a robotic arm to independently perform surgeries

Huge comet impacts wiped out North America’s large mammals 13,000 years ago

RedPepper — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:47 +0000

A controversial theory first presented in May 2007 suggests huge comet impacts wiped out North America's large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago.