Nanofiber Regenerates Blood Vessels
• http://www.technologyreview.com/A synthetic material may help to repair tissue after a heart attack, and aid transplants.
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Severe Solar Storms Could Disrupt Earth This Decade: NOAA
• .NOAA, a federal agency that focuses on the condition of the oceans and atmosphere, said a severe solar storm could cause global disruptions in GPS systems, power grids, satellite communications, and airline communications.
Dolphins Offer Insight Into Rapid Wound Healing
• arclein"Much about the dolphin's healing process remains unreported and poorly documented," says Zasloff. "How does the dolphin not bleed to death after a shark bite? How is it that dolphins appear not to suffer significant pain? What prevents infection
Graphene's Quantum Leap
• arcleinResearch institutes and universities around the world are already looking at ways to build devices such as touch-screens, ultrafast transistors and photodetectors. Now the research from the creators of the material promises to accelerate that re
100 Kilometer Towers Proposed as launch Mechanism
• arcleinQuestion: How did the concept of the Spaceshaft originate? The concept only emerged within the past five years or so. I was approached by a business partner who worked on offshore oil platforms. He was working on buoyant structures in the ocean, w
Tree Ring Data Obscured
• arcleine impact of large herbivores on tree rings has, until now, been largely unknown, so these findings could help increase the accuracy of the tree ring record as a way of estimating past climatic conditions, says Dr Speed: "Our study highlights that ot
Facial Recognition Software Takes One Glance at You and Brings Up Your Facebook Profile
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comWorried about privacy on the Internet? It may be worse than you thought — with rapidly improving face recognition technology, your automatically tagged Facebook pictures could help a stranger, or the authorities, quickly identify you on the street.
Nanostructured Metals Locked
• arcleinThe fine structure consists of many small metal grains. The boundaries between these metal grains can move, also at room temperature. At the same time a coarsening of the structure takes place and the strength of the
Swedish man caught trying to split atoms at home
• http://hosted.ap.orgSTOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen said Wednesday he was only doing it as a hobby.
Beyond Cell Phone Wallets, Biometrics Promise Truly Wallet-Free Future
• Christopher Mims via TechnologyReview.comThe rollout of NFC payments in the U.S. has been so sluggish that a superior technology -- biometrics -- is about to catch up
Antiaging is Advancing
• arcleinNone of the compounds induce telomerase in large enough quantities that are likely to stop or reverse aging; even the strongest known compound, a synthetic chemical patented by Sierra Sciences but not approved for human use, induces only 16% of the
Egg White Burn Dressing Protocol
• arcleinKeep in mind this treatment of burns which is included in teaching beginner fireman this method. First aid consists to spraying cold water on the affected area until the heat is reduced and stops burning the layers of skin. Then, spread egg whites
Parkinson's Genetic Link
• arcleinproteins within cells, caused Parkinson’s disease in the Swiss family. Mutated VPS35 may impair the ability of a cell to recycle proteins as needed, which could lead to the kind of errant buildup of protein seen in some Parkinson’s disease brains and
Underwater Treadmill Improves Mobility in Spinal Injuries
• arcleinIt’s relatively new technology,” said Dr. Don Morgan, MTSU health and human performance professor, who brought the treadmill to the university a few years ago. Morgan and his graduate students, including Stevens, began their initial work with the tre
Age Related Memory Loss Reversable
• arcleinfiring rates. However, when the researchers adjusted the neurochemical environment around the neurons to be more similar to that of a younger subject, the neuronal firing rates were restored to more youthful levels.
Gleevec Reverses Alzheimer's Plaques in Mice
• arcleineurons were correlated with expression of the genes in the liver, where the plaques are also produced. However, there was no such correlation between the activity of the genes in the brain and plaque deposition there.
Field Prosthetics Developed
• arcleinThe result was a prototype consisting of a simple cast attached to a metal rod with a flat hooked foot. The cast can be fitted in as little as a day and can be recast to accommodate the growth of the wearer. The metal rod and flat hook can be easily
Lockheed Martin’s HALE-D Airship Flys
• arcleinThe geostationary positioning coupled with modern communications technologies give the airship capabilities on par with satellites at a fraction of the cost. In position, the airship would survey a 600-mile (965 km) diameter area and millions of mile
Nano Gold Successfully Tackles Cancer
• arcleinThe researchers also found that the gold particles could be used as effective tools in cellular nanosurgery.
Stabilizing Heart Failure
• arclein“The reversal of cardiac dysfunction in this pre-clinical heart failure model in the pig by restoring S100A1 levels in practically the same setting as in a patient is remarkable and will pave the way for a clinical trial.”
Seventh and Eighth DNA Bases
• arclein"Before we can grasp the magnitude of this discovery, we have to figure out the function of these new bases," said senior study author Yi Zhang, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC and an Investigator of the How
Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Shine
• Katherine Bourzac via TechnologyReview.comIn work that could improve solar cells and LEDs, researchers have, for the first time, made practical working devices out of three-dimensional photonic crystals.
UK Engineers Print and Fly the World's First Working 3-D Printed Aircraft
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comEngineers at the University of Southampton in the UK have designed, printed, and sent skyward the world’s first aircraft manufactured almost entirely via 3-D printing technology.
A New Artificial Lung Can Breathe Regular Air Rather Than Purified Oxygen
• http://www.popsci.com/Researchers in Cleveland have built an artificial lung that is so efficient it can breathe regular air rather than the pure oxygen required by current artificial lungs.
Scientists warn of 'Planet of the Apes' scenario
• Daily TelegraphAction is needed now to prevent nightmarish "Planet Of The Apes" science ever turning from fiction to fact, according to a group of eminent experts.
Scientists Determine Photons Can Travel No Faster Than The Speed of Light
• Julie Beck via PopSci.comHong Kong scientists claim to have proved that a single photon cannot travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, making time travel seemingly impossible.
4 Women Who Made a Difference
• http://www.wired.com/In science and technology, spheres of society where women are woefully underrepresented, this day in history offers a bountiful exception. Here are the milestones:
Hong Kong scientists ‘show time travel is impossible’
• RawStory.comHong Kong physicists say they have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein's theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light -- demonstrating that outside science fiction, time travel is impossible.
The Hazy Science of Hot Weather and Violence
• Brandon Keim via WIRED.comThe link between violence and hot weather is so intuitive that it’s embedded in our language: Hotheads lose tempers that flare, anger simmers and comes to a boil, and eventually we cool down.
Darpa Searches for Life’s Master Clock
• www.wired.comThere’s a hidden clock that underlies every process of every living thing — from when our cells start dividing to how quickly we age. Researchers at Darpa, the Pentagon’s extreme science agency, believe they can find it
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