Science – Page 47 of 69

ResearchGate reports $52 million funding round, including cash from Bill Gates

Berlin-based ResearchGate, a LinkedIn-type site for scientists, today revealed that it has received $52.6 million from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a… Read More

What’s new at AI2? Paul Allen’s AI institute wins honors, and hints at more to come

Three years after its founding, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is racking up recognition in the field of AI… Read More

Lightning turns Seattle’s Space Needle into a scene from a Frankenstein movie

Heavy snow and lightning at the end of February? In Seattle? Something’s happening here, and weather guru Cliff Mass makes… Read More

FAUB on the job: Watch robots work with mechanics to put together Boeing 777 jets

Automation isn’t just a job for the robots: It takes flesh-and-blood workers to make robotic manufacturing work, as shown in a… Read More

HyperSciences raises $690K to use rocket technology for geothermal drilling

HyperSciences, a startup that uses rockets to drill for geothermal energy, has raised $690,000 of a $1 million funding round. The fresh… Read More

Tesla posts another loss but says it’s on track to roll out Model 3 cars in July

Tesla says it’s “on track” to start producing its mass-market Model 3 electric vehicles in July, and plans to build… Read More

Science’s supporters suit up: How to get ready for the global march on Earth Day

BOSTON – Hundreds of science-minded demonstrators converged on Boston over the weekend to test a prototype for the March for Science,… Read More

Tribes lay 9,000-year-old remains of ‘Ancient One,’ a.k.a. Kennewick Man, to rest

After more than 20 years, one of anthropology’s most contentious cases was closed over the weekend with the reburial of… Read More

Cave of Crystals, Naica. (Photo by Alexander Van Driessche - CC BY 3.0)

Scientists revive weird microbes after freeing them from ancient cave crystals

BOSTON – It sounds like a sci-fi tale: Scientists manage to revive strains of microbes that have been trapped inside giant… Read More

Five tips about cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (and ‘Mr. Robot’) from tech insiders

BOSTON – It’s always risky for geeks to give advice to geeks, but when security experts who have worked with… Read More

UW ‘genius’ Shwetak Patel works on health monitoring apps for Senosis startup

BOSTON – University of Washington computer scientist Shwetak Patel’s work with sensors and smart devices has already spawned a wide range… Read More

How Microsoft’s Project Premonition uses robotic traps to zero in on Zika mosquitoes

BOSTON – Microsoft’s robotic mosquito trap is so smart it can tell one insect species from another – and that’s good… Read More

In push for open access to research, Gates Foundation partners with ‘Science’ journals

Scientific journals aren’t known for being advocates of open access — often research articles published in journals are behind a paywall, only… Read More

Incoming! Amazon patents a plan to turn its drone delivery packages into gliders

Amazon has come up with some wild and crazy patents, but a patent issued today has to rank among the wildest:… Read More

Get a sneak peek at Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 jet – and the pioneering technology behind it

RENTON, Wash. – One year after Boeing’s super-fuel-efficient 737 MAX 8 jet made its aerial debut, its bigger sibling – the… Read More

Scientists put a laser scanner inside blood vessels to look for cardiovascular risks

Researchers have found a way to use a laser-scanning mini-camera to map the inner working of blood vessels and spot… Read More

Marijuana fans mix with space fans at The Goodship Company’s Seattle SETI salon

Is Seattle’s Goodship Higher Education Series about bringing together cannabis users? Or is it about deep subjects like the search for… Read More

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to… Read More

Trump tells aviation executives he’ll reduce regulations and boost infrastructure

Airline and airport executives, including Alaska Air Group’s CEO, had their turn today to talk with President Donald Trump, who… Read More

NASA tests next-generation air traffic software in Washington state’s skies

Landing planes at busy airports can be a challenging work of aerial ballet, and this week, NASA is testing a… Read More

Elon Musk stirs up an epic tweetstorm over Donald Trump and America’s legal system

Tech wizard Elon Musk’s fans hang on his every word when he tweets about the next SpaceX launch, or about… Read More

Elon Musk sees ‘progress’ on immigration after White House meeting with Trump

Billionaire techie Elon Musk today explained why he’s staying on President Donald Trump’s business advisory council, even after Uber CEO… Read More

After Trump’s tough talk, Pentagon makes $8.9B deal for 90 Lockheed Martin F-35s

The Pentagon has struck a deal with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 90 F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost… Read More

It’s a bat! It’s a plane! It’s Bat Bot, a soft-winged drone that’ll give you the creeps

Holy drone, Batman! Scientists have created a robotic drone with soft, flapping wings that looks and flies like a ghostly… Read More

Wireless energy for drones? Intellectual Ventures beams power with metamaterials

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Wireless power transmission has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesla, but Intellectual Ventures is… Read More

‘Nova’ TV series gets into the Kickstarter spirit with ‘Make Science for All’ campaign

Kickstarter has given a boost to science projects ranging from satellites to “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” but now it’s opening a new… Read More

Amazon unveils plans for $1.5 billion air cargo hub that will create 2,000 jobs in Kentucky

Amazon says it will build a new air cargo hub at Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport to accommodate its… Read More

Should we be hooking up AI to our brains? New Asilomar principles urge caution

Hundreds of AI researchers, business leaders and just plain geniuses have signed onto a statement of cautionary principles for artificial… Read More

Elon Musk hails Hyperloop teams – and touts the tunnel he’ll be boring at SpaceX

Three student teams got through the engineering gauntlet and sent their Hyperloop pods through a mile-long tube to test a… Read More

Pentagon awards $2.1 billion contract to Boeing for more KC-46 tanker aircraft

Boeing has won a $2.1 billion contract to build more tanker planes for the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer and the… Read More