Recent power outage at tsunami-damaged Fukushima power plant likely due to rat
This past week there was a major power outage at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in northeaster Japan, site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since
Author: Jeffrey Bausch
HD cameras help researchers discover first whale skeleton in Antarctica plus nine new sea species
For the first time ever, researchers have discovered a whale skeleton on the sea floor near
Walgreens to open nation’s first self-powered pharmacy
The nation’s largest pharmacy chain, Walgreens, has announced its intentions to build the nation’s first self-powered
Image(s) of the Day: Google Maps brings street view look of Everest, Kilimanjaro, more
Google has announced that their popular navigation service, Google Maps, now offers street view images of some of the world’s tallest and most popular mountains,
Pairing LEDs with dimmers: The ground rules
Using LED bulbs for interior lighting offers numerous advantages over Incandescent and CFL bulbs: extended lifetime, resistance to breakage, rapid cycling, compact size,
Researcher introduces new, more efficient method for aligning and splicing multicore optical fibers
In what could be a major telecommunications breakthrough, an engineer has developed a method for splicing together multicore optical fibers (MCFs) that could take the
Seagate takes 29 years to sell one billion HDDs and just four years to achieve second billion
While Seagate Technology has been manufacturing and selling hard disk drives (HDDs) since 1980, it took the company 29 years to ship out one billion units. It was a
5 things you should know about Pi to help you celebrate Pi day today
From engineers to mathematicians to physicists and more, the numerically inclined are celebrating Pi day today. That’s because it’s March 14th, or 3.14, the first
Fingerprint scanning that protects your passwords
As more of our personal information is transcribed onto the Internet for the sake of convenience, taking adequate precautions to prevent theft becomes increasingly
Grasshopper rocket achieves new height, hovers for 30 seconds, then safely descends back to ground
Last week, SpaceX’s Grasshopper rocket ship doubled its highest leap to date, achieving a height of 24 stories. It then hovered in place for 34 seconds before