DNA clamps could stop cancer in its tracks
• gizmag.comScientists have developed a special DNA clamp to act as a diagnostic nano machine.
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The Mystery of the Human Intelligence Explosion
• arcleinSo question is, when did these symbolic practices start to define humanity? There is no easy answer, and we may never gather enough evidence to come up with a definitive timeline. But there are two broad theories about how it happened. One suggests h
Ice Core Analysis Shows Fastest Decline in Solar Activity for 10,000 Years
• The Daily SheepleSolar physicist Richard Harrison says he has never seen the sun this quiet in more than 30 years of studying it.
WaterCar Panther - Fastest Amphibious Car in the World
• youtubehttp://WaterCar.com introduces the Fastest Amphibious Car in the World and will begin taking orders July 1st. 2013! Enjoy!
New Drug Could Potentially Treat PTSD
• http://www.counselheal.com, Cheri Cheng
This Phone Lets You Send Smells, Not Texts
• Wired.comWe have all sorts of ways to communicate with one another: text messages, emails, Gchats and, according to my sources, even phone calls.
Google Stole Its Smart Contact Lens From Microsoft. And That’s a Good Thing
• Wired.comGoogle latest bombshell of a research project is a smart contact lens diabetics can use to read blood sugar levels through the tears in their eyes.
Watch: How Super-Efficient Nanomaterials Could Herald a Design Revolution
• Wired.comThe Great Pyramid of Giza is 174 meters tall and weighs 10 megatons.
Hershey and 3D Systems join forces to develop 3D-printed food technology
• gizmag.comWe've seen a cornucopia of 3D food printers specialized for consumer and prosumer chefs, from the multipurpose Foodini to 3D Systems' ChefBot.
Belly Fat Protocol?
• arcleinThe reason for why most diets fail, in our opinion, is that they impose unrealistic restrictions on how you live your life. Some advocate eating tons of protein others emphasise carbohydrates. In either case, you're left with having to make rather d
Al Gore On GeoEngineering the Planet: “Delusional”
• thelibertybeat.comOn Wednesday former vice president Al Gore called geoengineering proposals “delusional in the extreme”.
SeeThru AR headset sets its sights on the daredevil in us all
• dvice.comLaster Technologies has been in the augmented reality (AR) business since 2005. Since 2011, we've been hearing word of an imminent AR headset from the Paris-based company, and this year we've finally got it.
Image of the Day: Next-gen zipper wonderment
• dvice.comThe last time anyone got really excited about zipper technology was probably when someone actually invented zippers.
Japanese Scientists Have An Ingenious Plan To Clean Up Space
• Business InsiderJapanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tonnes of planetary clutter, they said Thursday.
Photoshop Now Supports 3-D Printing
• popsci.com3-D printing, getting more mainstream all the time
Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
• Wired.comTo create one of those 3-D holographic images, you record how countless beams of light bounce off an object and then you store these little bits of information across a vast database.
World-first working eukaryotic cell made from plastic
• gizmag.comPreviously, chemists have managed to create artificial cell walls and developed synthetic DNA to produce self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cells.
meMINI lets you capture the action after it happens
• gizmag.comThey say that nothing takes you out of a fun situation quite like filming it – you stop being a participant, and start being an observer.
Invention Changes Biking Forever
• arcleinWhat is the solution to a greener, more physically-fit planet? Biking! Even though forward-thinking cities already use bikes for their transportation, the US has been lagging behind. Even though biking is fun and practical, there are
Graphene-based solar cell hits record 15.6 percent efficiency
• gizmag.comIn 2012, researchers from the University of Florida reported a record efficiency of 8.6 percent for a prototype solar cell consisting of a wafer of silicon coated with a layer of graphene doped with .....
Remote-controlled spermbots could be used to fertilize eggs
• gizmag.comHijacking sperm cells to create little robots might seem far out, but that's exactly what researchers from the Dresden Institute for Integrative Nanosciences have done.
Mock Mars Mission: A Real Birthday Party On a Simulated Red Planet
• http://www.space.comAs I ascended the stairs to the second floor of Utah's Mars Desert Research Station, something struck me as strange: the lights were off and the crew was quiet at what was usually a busy time — 5 p.m.
Genetic IQ tests could mean choosing how smart your kids are
• dvice.comMost children fall within 13 points of their parents IQ level. But every once in a while, a child will have a far higher IQ than his parents.
Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own
• themindunleashed“Triton uses a new technology of artificial gill model. - It extracts oxygen under water through a filter in the form of fine threads with holes smaller than water molecules. - This is a technology developed by a Korean scientist that allows us to
The Experiment That Forever Changed How We Think About Reality
• Wired.comThe uncertainty principle says that you can’t know certain properties of a quantum system at the same time.
Scientists Create Terminator-style Muscle at 1,000 times Human Strength
• arcleinAnd that is not all. For when heated, vanadium dioxide’s crystals begin to rapidly contract along one dimension, while expanding along the other two, showing that a structural phase transition effected by temperature changes is also taking place. Thi
Undesirable Brain Development Driven by Excess TV Viewing
• arcleinChildren who watch the most TV have the most profound changes to their brain structure The authors said the impact of watching TV on the ‘structural development’ of the brain has never before been investigated. ‘In conclusion, TV viewing is direc
Leukemia treatment given shot in the arm by artificial bone marrow development
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Grant BanksEuropean researchers have announced a breakthrough in the development of artificial bone marrow which expands the ability of scientists to reproduce stem cells in the lab and could lead to increased availability of treatment for leukemia sufferers.
Supercomputer Takes 40 Minutes To Create Super-Detailed Model Of 1 Second Of Brain Activity
• popsci.comThe human brain won't be surpassed by computers any time soon.
9 Swedish Women Receive Womb Transplants, Will Try To Get Pregnant
• popsci.comPrevious attempts to transplant uteri have largely failed.
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