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First germanium-tin semiconductor laser directly compatible with silicon chips
• http://www.gizmag.com-Colin JeffreySwiss scientists have created the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of elements of main group IV (the carbon group) on the periodic table.
Redesigned Atlas robot can walk tether-free
• http://www.gizmag.com-David SzondyLike a teenager going off to college, DARPA's Atlas robot has cut the tether and is walking on its own without a safety line.
SCIENTISTS SLOW DOWN THE SPEED OF LIGHT AS IT TRAVELS THROUGH AIR
• http://www.popsci.com,By Lydia Ramsey"FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT" MIGHT BE MORE OF A RELATIVE STATEMENT NOW
Cheap, Reliable, CO2-free Thorium Electricity Now.
•ThorCon is a simple molten salt reactor. Unlike all current reactors, the fuel is in liquid form. If the reactor overheats for whatever reason, ThorCon will automatically shut itself down, drain the fuel from the primary loop, and passively handle th
Ayahuasca Saved This Narcotics Cop/Combat Vet
• arcleinWhen he returned from serving three tours overseas as a military medic, Donnie was in a state of denial. He'd joined the military at 17 as a way to earn a living while, he'd hoped, helping people. Growing up he lived in Nipomo, California where h
Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles
• http://www.popsci.com, By Lydia RamseySweet news for diabetics
Bubble-Propelled Microbots Zoom Around Inside Live Mice
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepPutting tiny robots to work
Cotton Cars to Bring Down Costs of Composites
• arcleinNew emission, safety, and mileage standards in Europe and North America call for vehicles that are ever stronger and lighter, which means that steel and aluminum are giving way to carbon composite materials. Basically, such carbon fiber-reinforced pl
Understanding DNA Repair and Cancer Resistance Genes from Bowhead Whales May Enable 200 year Livespa
• arcleinIn their findings published in the journal Cell Reports, the team found as many as 80 candidate genes that may help protect the whale from cancer or contribute to it being the longest living mammal on earth. The team found that the whales have genes
International Space Station News: Year-Long Stays And Visiting Singers
• http://techaeris.com-Justin JelinekThe International Space Station (ISS) is a bastion for scientific discovery. Astronauts aboard the ISS generally perform upwards of 200 experiments in their six month stays.
Small prefab Passive House built in just 10 days
• GizmagThe sections were delivered to the site and on the same day the exterior was erected and the building made wind and watertight. The remainder of the house was fitted out over the course of the next 10 days, after which the it was possible for the res
Microsoft researchers use light beams to charge smartphones
• TechWorld.ComBuild indoor solar charger prototype for smartphones
A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the "disappeared"
• http://www.ted.com-Fredy PeccerelliIn Guatemala's 36-year conflict, 200,000 civilians were killed -- and more than 40,000 were never identified.
Laser Weapon System Is Ready For War, Less Than $1/Shot
• arcleinThe US Navy has a new $40 million dollar Laser Weapon System and it has performed flawlessly during operational testing in the Persian Gulf the last 4 months aboard the USS Ponce. A recently-released video embedded below demonstrates the capabil
Protons Fuel Graphene Prospects
• arcleinOne-atom thick material graphene, first isolated and explored in 2004 by a team at The University of Manchester, is renowned for its barrier properties, which has a number of uses in applications such as corrosion-proof coatings and impermeable packa
From Neighborhood Cops to Robocops: The Changing Face of American Police
• http://www.lewrockwell.com-William Norman Grigg"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards." ? Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means.
First contracting human muscle ever grown in laboratory
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Colin JeffreyResearchers working at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering claim to have produced a laboratory first by having grown human muscle tissue that contracts and reacts to stimuli.
Radiation Treatment Leads To Increased Malignancy
• arcleint radiation drives breast cancer cells into greater malignancy(0)(1). Malignancy is a term used to describe the tendency of tumors and their potential to become progressively worse, ultimately resulting in death. They discovered that induced breast c
Russia's T-14 Armata Main Battle Tank
• arcleinThe conceptual vehicle design can be turned into the T-14 Main Battle Tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an artillery platform and more, a lot more. Although "universal" concepts tend to work better on paper than they do when actually fielde
Can Winter De-Icers Go Completely Green?
• arcleinIn the United States, roughly 18 million metric tons of road salt are spread on the roads each year, with another 5 million used in Canada. In Minnesota, nine tons of salt are applied per lane mile each winter?"meaning a single mile of a four-lane
Man-made Ligament Could Replace Ruptured ACLs
• arcleinThat's where his team's engineered ACL comes in. Its main body is made from braided polyester fibers, with a tensile strength similar to that of the natural ligament. At either end of it, however, those fibers are blended into a mixture of a porous
Ebola Vaccines Were Always in the Pipeline
• arcleinFast-tracked funding has led to a number of high-profile vaccine trials. While one Swiss trial was temporarily halted after a reported side effect of a rash, The Lancet reports that two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola (and the closely rela
Function of the Vagus Nerve With Dr Sircus
•Human Beings have an Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) that is actually comprised of three separate subsystems, the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS), the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and the Enteric Nervous System (ENS). The enteric nervous syst
Ayahuasca Can Help You Communicate with Plant Spirits, and Heal Your Body and Mind
• arcleinIf you haven't heard of ayahuasca, you may soon. While once consumed mainly by natives of the Amazon basin, today, thousands visit Latin American countries every year to imbibe it, with the hopes of seeing profound visions, having religious experie
Quantum computing gets boost from MIT on-chip single-photon detector arrays
• http://www.laserfocusworld.com-Gail OvertonA team of researchers has built an on-chip array of light detectors sensitive enough to register the arrival of individual photons.
SpaceX fails in ambitious rocket re-use test
• http://www.slashgear.comSpaceX's attempt to land a reusable rocket on a floating recovery platform ended in failure this week, with outspoken founder Elon Musk admitting it was "close, but no cigar" for the technology.
3-D Printed Prosthetics That Look Fit for a Sci-Fi Warrior
• http://www.wired.com- JOSEPH FLAHERTYLosing a limb is tragic and traumatic, but a bevy of companies are using the power of 3-D printers to bring high design to a backwater of medical devices.
DARPA Director Arti Prabhakar on what's next in extreme tech
• Mad Science InnovationDARPA Director Arti Prabhaker appeared on the Charlie Rose show this week to give an update on some of the 200 far-out technology programs run by the agency, what she sees as the key factors contributing to their success, and whether Google is the ci
Linx impact assessment sensor helps identify sports concussions
• gizmagConcussions – or at least concussion discussions – are all the rage lately, particularly in relation to professional sports leagues like the NFL. BlackBox Biometrics is adding to the discussion with a small, lightweight sensor designed to track c
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