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[redwallzyl]

laser tank anyone? anyway we finally did it we made deadly lasers.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/march/ssc-space-athena-laser.html

[MonkeyHead]

laser tank anyone? anyway we finally did it we made deadly lasers.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/march/ssc-space-athena-laser.html

Seems a step up in capability from the naval system that has been used of the Horn of Africa recently.

Oh, and the Soviets had one too, though in a traditionally pointless and inefficient manner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1K17_Szhatie

[10ebbor10]

The soviets had many laser systems.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft)

[Scoops Novel]

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/awesome-teenage-innovations-deserve-showcasing

Get cracking, whatever it is.

[hops]

Okay this is pretty niche and I haven't found a layman article for it but http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150513083731.htm

Basically the idea is that normally when you look at tissue samples you need to stain them with chemicals otherwise you can't see jack shit. The new technology basically generate a stained computer image for analysis.

As someone whose mother is a doctor, I find that staining tissues is a huge pain in the ass, so this is pretty interesting.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Would that be a similar process as staining bacteria samples to see under a microscope?

[miauw62]

I think so, yeah.

[ChairmanPoo]

Somewhat. Different stains depending on what you're looking for.  In my stuff most often we use Giemsa, for instance.

[scrdest]

Neat trick. That essentially isn't microscopy but an infrared spectroscope hooked to a computer. I wonder what the resolution on that is, though.

[ChairmanPoo]

I suspect is probably limited in scope and possibilities. There's vital stuff that cannot be simulated like that, such as immunohistochemistry assays/flow cytometry/whatnot.

[penguinofhonor]

Scientists recently sent a probe thing into the deep sea near Puerto Rico. Watched a short video of some of the things they found.

Spoiler: this eldritch thing is a real animal (click to show/hide)

it wants my soul

[Radio Controlled]

Scientists recently sent a probe thing into the deep sea near Puerto Rico. Watched a short video of some of the things they found.

Spoiler: this eldritch thing is a real animal (click to show/hide)

it wants my soul

Oh you poor fool, so delusional. You act as if it didn't claim it already, long ago.

[scrdest]

Scientists recently sent a probe thing into the deep sea near Puerto Rico. Watched a short video of some of the things they found.

Spoiler: this eldritch thing is a real animal (click to show/hide)

it wants my soul

It's less 'eldritch' and more 'come on guys, which one of you shopped your will-o-the-wisp concept art onto the photos?'

[Descan]

That video was a lot more interesting than just the wisp. :U

[Arx]

Evidence of parthenogenesis in sawfish.

First time vertebrates have been found to produce viable offspring through parthenogenesis.