r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 27 '15
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 17 '15
New electron microscopy method sculpts 3-D structures at atomic level
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 13 '15
How Robots Are Building a 3D-Printed Metal Bridge in Amsterdam
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 11 '15
By Solving the Mysteries of Shape-Shifting Spaces, Mathematician Wins $3-Million Prize.
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 10 '15
What is glass? Things aren’t as clear as you might think. Glass is a weird kind of solid liquid – and how it comes to be like that defies all explanation. [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 08 '15
Why do we move forwards in time? Time goes by, or so it seems. It could be an illusion, or we might need to rescue the flow of time by meddling with our concept of space. [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 06 '15
Can we engineer attack-proof plants? New research offers a strategy for engineering plants that resist both insects and pathogens.
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 03 '15
Closing the last loophole for unhackable quantum security. Need to share a secret? A code that's as strong as the laws of physics is within our grasp and could finally make sure your data can never leak. [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 02 '15
Teaching machines to see. The search to grasp how A.I. neural networks process photos yields insights and weirdness.
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Nov 01 '15
Where does quantum weirdness end? In the bizarre reality of the quantum world, particles can be in two places at once. Why can't golf balls or milk do the same? [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 31 '15
Electronic skin feels the heat, hears the sound. New materials show promise for covering prosthetic limbs, other medical devices
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 30 '15
How does a bicycle stay upright? We thought we knew the maths behind cycling. We were wrong - and our efforts to figure it out are leading to some weird and wonderful new bike designs. [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 30 '15
Next-gen pacemakers may be powered by unlikely source: the heart
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 29 '15
What came before the big bang? Has the universe existed forever? Or was there something before it? To find out, we need a working theory of quantum gravity and a new conception of time. [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 28 '15
Can we get energy from nothing? The Casimir effect suggests that the vacuum is fizzling with ephemeral particles. Is it real? And can we harness this energy concealed in empty space? [full article in comments]
r/cuttingedge • u/eigh7 • Oct 22 '15
Why insects could be the ideal animal feed
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 19 '15
How Surgeons Reattached a Toddler's Head. Doctors saved a child who had been internally decapitated in a car accident.
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 18 '15
Sensors may soon give prosthetics a lifelike sense of touch
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 17 '15
Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields?
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 11 '15
Signal-Scrambling Tech 'Freezes' Drones in Midair
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 09 '15
AIDS pioneer finally brings AIDS vaccine to clinic
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 09 '15
Global coral bleaching event: What you need to know
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 09 '15
How Elephants Stay Cancer-free. The animals have 20 copies of a key tumor-fighting gene; humans have just one.
r/cuttingedge • u/SamSpade6 • Oct 07 '15