As artists and toddlers have long known, paints can provide lots of entertainment. But, not every part of the process is fun: Watching paint dry is synonymous with boredom, like watching the grass grow.
It’s almost too bad, because there’s where t…
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This Paint Actively Cools Things Down
Posted by Discover Magazine on September 27th, 2018
Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, Earth & Climate, Environment, Feature, Science General 
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No Comments »At the Bottom of the Ocean, a Surprising, Gloomy Discovery
Posted by Discover Magazine on April 18th, 2018
Almost two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, on a lonely outcrop of bare rock 100 miles from Costa Rica, researchers on a geological expedition found something odd. As their remotely controlled submersible sunk through the black waters tow…
Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, Earth & Climate, Environment, Feature, Science General Tags: something No Comments »Powering advances in wireless connectivity for the future
Posted by NSF News on April 10th, 2018
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces an important milestone in its Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) effort. In collaboration with an industry consortium of 28 networking companies and associations, NSF is supporting the devel…
Posted in Environment, Science General, Strange news, Technology Tags: Platforms, research, wireless No Comments »Free online tool could help women decide on breast reconstruction
Posted by Jean Balchin on April 5th, 2018
A new study published in Psycho-Oncology has revealed that a free web-based decision aid that helps women with breast cancer make decisions regarding reconstruction surgery after mastectomy is likely cost-effective. BRECONDA (Breast Reconstruction De…
Posted in Biology, Environment, Geology and Paleontology, Science General, Technology Tags: Breast, Breast Reconstruction, could help women, decision, Decisions, free online tool, help women decide, online, online tool could, Reconstruction, reconstruction surgery, surgery, tool could help, women decide No Comments »Military Weapon Uses Lasers to Produce ‘Voices’
Posted by Discover Magazine on March 26th, 2018
Are you hearing voices? Say yes and many people might question your sanity. But hearing voices is exactly what the United States military hopes will happen with a weapon it’s currently developing.
The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWD) is build…
Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, Earth & Climate, Environment, Feature, Science General Tags: hearing, Hearing Voices, military, Voices, weapon No Comments »
