Superman: Red Son is the next iconic DC Comics story to get the animated feature treatment, and it’s coming soon! Indeed, the 2003 comic miniseries from Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, and Killian Plunkett, which might just be the best known Elseworlds tale ever, is set land its animated movie in 2020. The original story imagines
Month: December 2019
Microsoft (kind of) clarified the meaning of the Xbox Series X name by explaining that Series X is indeed just the name of a single model of Xbox. “The name we’re carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox,” said Microsoft via a statement made to Business Insider. “And at The Game Awards you
The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 9. Every iteration of Watchmen needs a defining symbol. HBO’s opted for an egg. The best known symbol from the original Watchmen is a yellow smiley face splattered with blood. The image recurred throughout the series and became an iconic visual cue of the book’s depiction of the
Comic book icons and heroes have been appearing on toy shelves since the days of Captain Action and Mego. But sometimes, toys that win the hearts and minds of kids of all ages are given their own comics, allowing toy fans to see their favorite bits of plastic in action by some of the best
Bandai Namco is working on a new Dragon Ball Z Action-RPG title. Originally known as Project Z, we learned at E3 2019 that the game is actually called Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and it will focus on some of Goku’s adventures in the manga and anime. So far, we know the game will cover Goku’s
IMAGE: Ali Abolmaali, view more Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington and the city of Waxahachie are collaborating on robotic inspections of several miles of the city’s sewer pipelines. Ali Abolmaali, professor and chair of UTA’s Civil Engineering Department, will lead the pilot project, which will lead to estimates
Imagine swarms of robotic insects moving around us as they perform various tasks. It might sound like science fiction, but it’s actually more plausible than you might think. Researchers at EPFL’s School of Engineering have developed a soft robotic insect, propelled at 3 cm per second by artificial muscles. The team developed two versions of
IMAGE: The TEM image shows the superstructure which is created by doping of Bi2Te3 with manganese: Between the originally 5-atom-layer thick units (QL) new 7-atom-layer units are formed by self-organization in… view more Credit: G. Springholz/Uni Linz New effects in solid-state physics are often first discovered at temperatures near absolute zero (0 Kelvin or -273 °C).
A lot can happen in a year, especially when it comes to science. As 2019 draws to a close, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, is highlighting the year’s biggest stories in chemistry, top research trends and important developments in a special issue. In addition, the magazine makes
Associate Professor Menglin Chen has received a major grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop a completely new method of regenerating brain and heart cells. The method uses water-based nanofibers coated with organic photovoltaic nanomaterials to create light controlled neural stimulating scaffolds inside the body. With a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation of DKK 4.2
This The Purge review contains spoilers. The Purge Season 2 Episode 10 Near the end of “7:01 AM,” Marcus dumps an unconscious Ben onto the sidewalk outside of the medical clinic with the comment, “Let the Purge take care of him.” The Purge is the solution to Marcus’s problem; he brought a maniac into a
This Batman article contains spoilers. Tom King did the impossible. In a comics industry founded on the bedrock principle that only the appearance of growth should ever be shown, he’s told a massive, three-year, 85-issue story that has Bruce Wayne actually develop as a character. With Alfred’s death earlier in the final story arc, “City
PlayStation Now is Sony’s cloud gaming subscription service, which is designed for fans of the PlayStation family’s huge gaming catalog. Not to be confused with the PlayStation Plus membership club (which has its own separate library of playable titles), PlayStation Now allows users to stream and/or download a vast number of PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3,
What day is this? December 14th. Thank God! There’s still four more days ’til Christmas. If the Ghost of Christmas Present actually brought Christmas presents, The Simpsons would hold a family séance and trim the tree with ectoplasmic residue. Christmas is the time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ,
This His Dark Materials review contains spoilers. His Dark Materials Episode 7 “We thought book one could not be adapted in fewer than eight episodes,” said His Dark Materials producer Jane Tranter at October’s launch event, “and I didn’t want to push my luck asking for more than eight.” Absolutely, quite right. No complaints here. Except, if Tranter
The article comes from Den of Geek UK. The early 1990s was a glorious time to be Steven Spielberg. It was an era that saw the filmmaker enjoy unparalleled levels of critical and commercial success with Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List. He was “The King of the World” to borrow James Cameron parlance, and with a
IMAGE: Qijun Zhang, a PhD student in the UTIA Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, has placed first in an international student poster competition hosted by the Society of Wood Science… view more Credit: Photo by K. Keel-Blackmon, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Qijun Zhang, a graduate student studying at the University of Tennessee Center for Renewable
IMAGE: Woman receiving a diagnostic medical scan for head and neck cancer. view more Credit: Mark_Kostich Shutterstock Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of a type of protein known as nuclear transport receptors. Now researchers at Kanazawa University and collaborating institutions in Japan and the US
IMAGE: A sheathless acoustic fluorescence activated cell sorting (aFACS) system for isolating fragile biological cells with high cell purity and viability view more Credit: SUTD Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) is a modern cell analysis technique for quantitative detection of physiological, biochemical, immunological, and molecular biological traits of cells – it can further separate a specific
BBC One has teamed with HBO, New Line and former Doctor Who producers Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter to make an initial 8-episode adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy, perhaps better known as The Golden Compass (Northern Lights, in the U.K.), The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass. The cast includes James McAvoy, Ruth
Shazam is turning in one of my favorite villain team ups of all time. I can think of other rogues galleries that might make me lose my mind harder, but pound for pound, putting the Seven Deadly Sins, Dr. Sivana, Mr. Mind, and Black Adam on the same page is almost guaranteed to make me
The Game Awards is the video game industry’s biggest celebration of the year, honoring the latest and greatest in gaming. But it’s also the place where the biggest announcements of upcoming games and surprise reveals happen. The 2019 ceremony didn’t disappoint, bringing us quite a few bombshells no one saw coming. On top of a
This article contains Watchmen spoilers. Well, it took them long enough, but it looks like the mystery of Lube Man has finally been solved. Yes, the show that gave us an enormous high tech Dr. Manhattan dildo also introduced us to a mysterious costumed figure that was promptly dubbed “Lube Man” because of his penchant
This Batman article contains spoilers. We talked to Tom King about his epic Batman run last week, and one of the things that came up was how strong the quiet moments of the run were. Batman, Catwoman, Superman, and Lois Lane on a date at a fair. Bruce Wayne locked in a jury room. The Robins giving Bruce
Microsoft has revealed the name of the next Xbox. Previously known as Xbox Scarlett, the new console is called the Xbox Series X. According to the company, the Xbox Series X is designed to be Microsoft’s “fastest, most powerful console ever.” You can see an image of the console above, as revealed during 2019 Game
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have developed a new gene-therapy technique by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material that has the potential to reverse disease processes. Though the research was intended as a proof of concept, the experimental therapy slowed tumor growth and prolonged survival in mice with
Polymers are used to develop various materials, such as plastics, nylons, and rubbers. In their most basic form, they are made up of many of identical molecules joined together over and over, like a chain. If you engineer molecules to join together in specific ways, you can control the characteristics of the resulting polymer. Using
Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team at the University of Central Florida used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used to make perovskite solar cells (PSC). The Organic-Inorganic halide perovskites material used in PSC converts
IMAGE: Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks view more Credit: Erik Zumalt, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin A multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists has discovered a new method for water filtration that could have implications for a variety of technologies, such as desalination plants,
From dyes to construction materials, and from cosmetic products to electronics and medicine, nanomaterials are found in many different applications. But what are these materials? “Nanomaterials are defined purely by their size,” explains Dr Kristin Schubert from the Department of Molecular Systems Biology at UFZ. “Materials between one and 100 nanometres in size are referred
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