Monthly Archives: April 2014

NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) is the part of the US Government responsible for providing the measurement standards we use in science and industry. Your computer and phone most likely checks the time periodically by contacting a NIST computer. “What time is it?” just got a whole lot […]

NIST Has A New Clock!

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Wait…what? Gold is shiny. How could you add gold to something to make it less reflective? Scientists at University of California Irvine stumbled upon a method to remove glare on optics, solar panels or even your phone’s screen. While working on a transparent film, the students found their samples appeared to […]

Make Things Less Shiny With Gold

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Researchers involved with the Cassini-Huygens Saturn Mission announced evidence of the existence of a liquid water ocean under the frozen surface of one of Saturn’s moons. Water was first detected back in 2005 when the Cassini spacecraft discovered ice and water vapor venting from Enceladus’ South Pole. Further investigation of […]

Water Ocean Found on Enceladus

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Zebra
Why do zebras have stripes? That question has been around probably as long as people have studied zebras. Do they help a zebra find a mate? Do they act as a natural camouflage as they run from predators? Do they help a zebra stay cool in the hot African sun? […]

Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?

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Fans of dark chocolate are quick to point out the ever increasing benefits of their vice of choice. Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure. Dark chocolate decreases appetite. Dark chocolate improves thinking. Now the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry is reporting dark chocolate may help prevent obesity […]

Eat Chocolate to Prevent Obesity?

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The International Space Apps Challenge is hosting a “hack-a-thon” for teams of scientists, engineers, programmers, designers, educators and students. All can contribute to design applications that creatively utilize data publicly available from satellites orbiting above us. A previous winning entry utilized GPS data, Earth data and weather data to help […]

Hack A Space App

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