FAA said to be near approving Boeing's Dreamliner battery fix

The FAA is rumored to be near announcing that the grounded jets are now good to fly after redesigned fireproof batteries have safely been installed on the planes. (Credit: Boeing) After three months of sitting on the ground, it's looking like Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jets may be able to soar again.

New algorithm helps evaluate, rank scientific literature

Keeping up with current scientific literature is a daunting task, considering that hundreds to thousands of papers are published each day. Now researchers have developed a computer program to help the

Google Summer of Code Veteran Mentors

ZenPayroll (YC W12) and Xero form cloud-based accounting partnership to rival the likes of ADP and QuickBooks

With this new relationship, small businesses can now choose between traditional industry powerhouses ADP and Intuit/QuickBooks for their accounting needs, or this cloud-based accounting paradigm that ZenPayroll and Xero hope to offer them.

jQuery 2.0 Released

jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library

Maine company unveils high-tech SWAT team robot

Brothers Michael and Geoff Howe say the "SWAT robot" keeps SWAT teams and other first responders safe in standoffs and while confronting armed suspects. It also can provide cover from suspected explosive devices, like those set off Monday at the Boston Marathon. Howe and Howe Technologies Inc.

Maine company unveils high-tech SWAT team robot

Brothers Michael and Geoff Howe say the "SWAT robot" keeps SWAT teams and other first responders safe in standoffs and while confronting armed suspects. It also can provide cover from suspected explosive devices, like those set off Monday at the Boston Marathon. Howe and Howe Technologies Inc.

A new way to predict breast cancer survival

Researchers at Columbia University win a breast cancer prognosis challenge with a new computational model, which could potentially improve models for diagnosing and treating many types of cancer. A researcher who used to work in digital television has just led a team of Columbia University engineers to win the Sage Bionetworks / DREAM Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge.

NASA has found 7 nice, habitable planets for us to choose from

The space agency's Kepler space telescope has located super-Earth-size planets that might just be able to support life as we know it. (Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech) NASA, that wily band of intergalactic peepers, says it's spied three distant planets in two different solar systems that are within the habitable zone.

NASA has found 3 nice, habitable planets for us to choose from

The agency's Kepler space telescope locates three planets -- in two new planetary systems -- that are the right distance from their suns to make them potentially life-supporting.

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MooTools Conference

This year we?re thinking about getting everyone in the MooTools community together, in one place, for a weekend to meet up, chat, discuss, and have an all-around good time. That?s right, we?re tryi

AI could help investigation of Boston Marathon bombing

When two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon on Monday, cameras caught the tragedy from myriad angles, and in heart-wrenching detail. Investigators are now poring over the mountains of footage and still imagery shot from CCTV cameras, TV crews, cellphones and even cameras mounted on runners' heads.

Django now available on Windows Azure

Editor's Note: This post comes from Nir Mashkowski. Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Django is now available in the Windows Azure Web Application Gallery. This tutorial shows you how to create a website on Azure for Django Framework in just a few clicks.

Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off - (watch video)

Deep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down -- like a radio dial or thermostat -- to correct dysfunction.

NASA'S Kepler Discovers its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date

NASA'S Kepler Discovers its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.

NASA's Kepler spacecraft to reveal new planetary discoveries?

The space agency is announcing new sightings found by the Kepler spacecraft mission. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's Kepler spacecraft has been in hot pursuit of extraterrestrial life for four years now. And, on Thursday, it's letting people know just what it's found lurking in the Milky Way.

Microsoft.Bcl.Async is Now Stable

It's done. About five months ago, we shipped our Microsoft.Bcl.Async NuGet package which provides support for the async/await keywords for pre-.NET 4.5 platforms, such as .NET 4, Silverlight 4, and Windows Phone 7.5. Of course, this includes support for portable class libraries as well.

Try Out ASP.NET Web API CORS Support using the Nightly Builds

Recently we just added the support for CORS in Web API. You can find more information on this from our Channel 9 video. Although the feature is checked in, it's not officially released yet. Nevertheless, you can try it out using our signed nightly builds.

Owin, Katana and Getting Started

Friday, April 05, 2013 9:19 AM Introduction This article describes an emerging open source specification, referred to as Owin - An Open Web Interface for .Net, what it is, and how this might be beneficial to the .Net technology stack. It will also provide a brief, concise look at how to get started with Owin and related technologies.

New teeny-tiny battery charges in less than a second

A lithium ion micro-battery out of the University of Illinois is just millimeters in size, can jump-start a car battery, and recharges in less than a second. It's not ready for market just yet, though. (Credit: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) One of the biggest bugbears of smartphones is just how much juice they drain -- and how long they take to recharge.