How a Simple Google Search Unmasked a Chinese Cyber Espionage Network

In a new book, a leading researcher tells how cyber forensic work investigates militarization and espionage.

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Physicists Unveil World’s Most Precise Clock (And a Twin to Compare It Against)

A pair of clocks that lose only one “tick” in 10^18 “tocks” have been unveiled by an international team of physicists

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Batteries: Cheapest Form of Grid Power?

Using a wind energy and expensive lithium-ion batteries, AES Energy Storage is making money by stabilizing the grid.

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A Cheaper Way to Make Hydrogen from Water

University of Calgary researchers create new method for making water-splitting catalysts using abundant metals.

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SAP Makes Big Data Real– And Real-Time

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The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation

If the cosmos is a numerical simulation, there ought to be clues in the spectrum of high energy cosmic rays, say theorists

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Does Motorola’s X Phone Pack a Better Battery?

The Moto X phone will constantly monitor its position, motion, and more to track its owner’s activity. Will its battery life suffer?

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The Extraordinary “Disco Ball” Now Orbiting Earth

A mirror ball–the most perfect test particle ever placed in orbit–should help Italian scientists measure an exotic effect predicted by general relativity

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