Library burglarized re-opens on limited services

The library is turning the page on this inconvenient incident, marking yet another chapter in its 120-year-old story.

Barr Library set to reopen Monday after break-in

The St. Louis Public Library’s Barr branch reopened with limited services after a break-in resulted in damage to several ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Peek inside the School of Engineering's showpiece lab

Although Wick is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and director of the School of Engineering’s bachelor ...
TechSpot

Lego unveils Smart Bricks, a computer that fits inside a standard 2 x 4 brick

Something to look forward to: Lego is transforming one of its most recognizable pieces – the standard 2 x 4 brick – into a fully functioning computer. Beginning March 1, the company will release Smart ...
The New York Times

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. By Eric Niiler The ...
The New York Times

From the Ashes to Punch: Inside the MCG library, the largest collection of cricket literature in the world

A statue of Sir Don Bradman at the library at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Cameron Ponsonby/The Athletic The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. “This is our oldest ...
techtimes

Implantable Brain–Computer Interface Breakthrough: INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI Achieves High-Accuracy, Generalizable Decoding of Chinese Language from Neural Signals

Brain–computer interfaces are beginning to truly "understand" Chinese. The INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the National Center ...
Wired

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ...
pix11

Brooklyn community receives new computer lab and toys for the holidays

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Hundreds of families gathered for a toy giveaway, part of National Grid’s Season of Giving campaign. Children danced with excitement, clutching brand new gifts, as neighbors ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Deadly Pathogen Decimated Sunflower Sea Stars. Look Inside the Lab Working to Bring Them Back by Freezing and Thawing Their Larvae

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the ...
Noozhawk

Cabrillo High School Aquarium Transforms Computer Lab Into Tropical Gallery

A former computer lab serves as home to six exhibits donated by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and dozens of new sea creatures taken care of by students at the Cabrillo High School Aquarium in Lompoc.
WHYY

Philadelphia schools celebrate Computer Science Education Week with an hour of coding

Melanie Harris, Chief Information Officer of the School District of Philadelphia, helps students with a table top coding game. (Ben Bennett/For WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey ...