Science May 28 How to get an octopus to cooperate at his photo shoot In 2002, photographer Kent Treptow first picked up a $10 two-gallon aquarium, a hand-held light, and his camera and headed to Newport Beach’s rocky tidepools to capture the sea creatures there. But as photo shoots go, sea cucumbers, sea…
Science May 26 Internet program helps veterans reconnect with civilian life After months or years on the battlefield, soldiers can feel isolated as they cope with PTSD and trauma in day-to-day civilian life. At VetsPrevail soldiers can get online and chat with other veterans about how they're adjusting, and help them…
Science May 23 Engineers look to scale up nanomanufacturing Nanotechnology is labor intensive, so tiny sensors are expensive to produce. Mass manufacturing flat, flexible sensors would reduce the cost.
Science May 19 Scientists hope to make matter from light, proving Einstein’s theory In the next year, scientists hope to create matter from beams of light. A study published in Nature Photonics on Sunday explains how modern lasers could finally prove an 80-year-old theory of physics.
Science May 16 Recycled water in Arizona staves off drought The city of Tucson expects to use up its drinkable water by 2030. Civil engineers are redesigning the city's water system to recycle waste water to use every last drop.
Science May 14 Poking cells, solving mysteries and other reasons scientists love basic research Scientists and engineers frequently seek solutions to specific problems. But the goal -- and challenge -- of basic research is to tackle broad questions without an immediate application in mind. As part of our ongoing series on the subject, PBS…
Science May 09 Making rocket parts in a giant microwave NASA rockets kick out an inferno that melts most metals. How do you make a material that won't melt at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit? The answer may be in microwaves.
Science May 02 Nanosponges soak up superbugs and even snake venom in your blood Drug-resistant bacteria are difficult to treat, even deadly. But instead of pummeling the bugs with drugs, what if you could soak them up with a sponge? That's what engineer Liangfang Zhang at the University of California San Diego is trying…
Science Apr 28 Physicist who contributed to discovery of Higgs boson dies Gerald Guralnik, one of the physicists who developed the Higgs theory in the 1960s, died on April 26 at the age of 77.