Human skin embedded with spider silk can stop a bullet
• Reuters (video)Dutch artist Jalila Essaïdi and cell biologist Abdoelwaheb El Ghalbzouri have blended spider silk with human skin to produce material that is three times stronger than kevlar.
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Rare case of 'spontaneous human combustion' kills man in Ireland
• Terrence AymAn Irish coroner, Dr. Ciaran McLoughlin, has returned a verdict on the cause of death of Michael Faherty, a 76-year old man from Ballybane, Galway: spontaneous human combustion (SHC). The doctor stated he had not reached such a conclusion in more tha
Rolling off the 3D printing press... the world's first 'printed' car - and it actually w
• www.dailymail.co.ukThe world’s first 'printed' car has finally rolled off the printing press. The 'Urbee' was made using a special printer which built up layer upon layer of bodywork - almost as if the car was 'painted' into existence, except using layers of ultra-t
Mind-Reading Experiment Reconstructs Movies in Our Mind
• www.foxnews.comIt sounds like science fiction: While volunteers watched movie clips, a scanner watched their brains. And from their brain activity, a computer made rough reconstructions of what they viewed.
Scientists discover virus that kills all types of breast cancer ‘within seven days’
• www.rawstory.comScientists at the Penn State College of Medicine said this week they have discovered a virus that is capable of killing all types of breast cancer "within seven days" of first introduction in a laboratory setting.
MAGNETIC INVISIBILITY CLOAK COULD HIDE WEAPONS
• Discovery NewsA still theoretical device would mask the presence of metal in a magnetic field. Such a device would allow people to pass through metal detectors with concealed weapons.
Airbus Sees Aircraft Demand at 27,800 over Twenty Years
• arcleinPeople need and want to fly more than ever before. Over the next 20 years the aviation sector is expected to remain resilient to cyclical economic conditions as in the past. Airbus forecasts that Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) will grow by an av
New Lung Cancer Detection Method
• arcleinEarly detection can save lives, but there is currently no proven screening test available for lung cancer," said Michael Wang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences at MU and a corresponding author for the article. "We'
Roll over Einstein: Law of physics challenged
• APOne of the very pillars of physics and Einstein's theory of relativity — that nothing can go faster than the speed of light — was rocked Thursday by new findings from one of the world's foremost laboratories. European researchers said they clocked
Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
• www.bbc.co.uk/Puzzling results from Cern, home of the LHC, have confounded physicists - because it appears subatomic particles have exceeded the speed of light.
Private spaceship factory in California completed
• APPassenger versions now set to begin production.
Fukushima Reflections
• arcleinIn the article Deconstructing the zero-risk mindset: The lessons and future responsibilities for a post-Fukushima nuclear Japan, Tatsujiro Suzuki revisits the tragedy at the nuclear power station, and highlights a few of the most pressing -- and mo
Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe
• www.popsci.comAs fantasy teams across the nation crumbled in Week 1, football’s greatest current quarterback (yeah, that’s right) sat down for the first time in his NFL career, following a third procedure on his neck that may have ended his season. But before that
Scientists make major breakthrough with AIDs
• Terrence AymMedical researchers on two continents have achieved an important breakthrough in their ongoing fight to defeat the AIDs virus. Their findings may eventually bring them to a vaccine preventing the deadly auto-immune disease. The key to their breakthro
Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle in just 3 weeks
• Yahoo GamesA microscope gives only a flat image of what to the outsider looks like a plate of one-dimensional scrunched-up spaghetti. Pharmacologists, though, need a 3-D picture that "unfolds" the molecule. This is where Foldit comes in.
Inorganic Life Experiments
• arcleinvide new insights into evolution by attempting to create "life" from carbon-free, inorganic chemicals. They've now taken the first tentative steps towards this goal with the creation of inorganic-chemical-cells, or iCHELLS. Just like biological
ORMUS and Monatomic States
• arcleinIron silica and aluminum boiled away quickly during the first 15 seconds. After about 70 seconds and continuing to 270, Hudson's sample was revealing significantly large proportions of precious metals: palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, iridiu
Computer that predicts future sees major crises ahead
• Terrence AymWhat can outperform Nostradamus while throwing in a little of Revelations? How about a supercomputer named Nautilus? No, it's not shaped like a submarine, just an innocent-looking box, but don't be fooled. That box is anything but innocent. It gulp
The Future of Skin
• www.popsci.comStretchable electronics and smart tattoos give human skin an upgrade from the future
Telomere Protocol Notes
• arcleinTelomere shortening is thought to play a role in cellular aging contributing to human aging and longevity. Critical telomere shortening affects different genes, as the human genome varies, which is why the cascades differ, hence the different effects
Carbon Nanotube Cable Surpasses Copper
• arcleinIts conductivity-to-weight ratio, known as specific conductivity, is better than copper and silver — it’s second only to sodium in the suite of metals with the highest specific conductivity, the researchers say.
The Skin Gun
• www.thatvideosite.comNew Skin Stem Cell Gun - Used for Burn Victims
Geobacter Electroplate Uranium
• arcleinidentifying the Geobacters' conductive pili or nanowires as doing the yeoman's share of the work is a new revelation. Nanowires, hair-like appendages found on the outside of Geobacters, are the managers of electrical activity during a cleanup.
Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive
• www.ted.com/talksUsing an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a "Lego kit" of inorganic molecules -- no carbon -- that can assemble, replicate and co
Toward Graphene Transistors
• arcleinResearchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material's use in computers and consumer electronics. Graphene is a one-ato
Assange: Why WikiLeaks was right to release raw cables
• www.newscientist.comWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has defended the organisation's release of all 251,000 secret US diplomatic cables that it held without the redaction of the names of informants mentioned in them.
Melatonin as Cancer Treatment
• arcleinIt inhibits cancer cell growth and proliferation; it destroys cancer cells, stops angiogenesis (new tumor blood vessel growth), and prevents harmful forms of estrogen from stimulating cancer
Harmless Soil Bacteria Kills Cancer
• arcleinthey only grow in solid tumors. Inside the cancerous growth, the bacteria produce a specific enzyme that activates a cancer drug. The results? Unlike current chemotherapy, the natural bacteria treatment causes only the cancer cells to be destroyed wh
Hybrid Airships Ordered
• arcleinThis versatility plus an ability to stay airborne for 21 days and a potential lifting capacity of up to 200 tonnes finally enabled HAV to win a US$517million contract (€370million) in conjunction with Northrop Grumman to supply a Long-Endurance Multi
Dolphins 'Talk' Like Humans, New Study Suggests
• www.livescience.comThe finding clears up a question that has long puzzled scientists: How can dolphins make their signature identifying whistles at the water's surface and during deep dives where compression causes sound waves to travel faster and would thus change the
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