Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.

The new aluminum clock would neither gain nor

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Sony today unveiled VAIO E Series, a new line of affordably-priced notebooks, in chic new colors. The E Series comes in five translucent, high-gloss colors — Caribbean Green, Iridescent Blue, Coconut White, Hibiscus Pink and Lava Black — and three matte colors — Maple Brown, Silver White and Gunmetal. Subtle patterns can be found on the lids, of the

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Just like Spider-man, soon humans will be able to walk on the walls! Thanks to a palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond. The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to such applications as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls, or Post-it-like notes that can bear loads, according to Paul

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Researchers at Siemens have improved on their own record for wireless data transfer using white light-emitting diode (LED) light. In collaboration with the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin, they have achieved a data transfer rate of up to 500 megabits per second (Mbit/s), which is definitely impressive compared to the previous record of 200 Mbit/s. Wireless data transport by

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For the first time is history, someone sent a "tweet" from the space. US astronaut TJ Creamer, on board the International Space Station (ISS), posted the "tweet" at 12.13 a.m on Friday, January 22, 2010. With this, Creamer became the first person to "tweet’ directly from the space. This is definitely a big leap in the history of social

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