High-Speed Evolution Aids Drug Development
• Jocelyn Rice via TechnologyReview.comA new technique can make tailor-made proteins evolve in days, not years.
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Developing Cancer Drugs Based on Genomics
• Emily Singer via TechnologyReview.comA new startup, funded with $40 million from Third Rock Ventures, will develop drugs aimed at molecularly defined cancers.
Another Dimension to Touch Screens
• Kate Greene via Technology ReviewA British company called Peratech has announced a new technology for touch screens that registers pressure as well as the position of a finger. This could provide new ways of interacting with apps for touch screen mobile phones and tablets.
Cursing makes you feel better when hurt: study
• Kase Wickman via The Raw StoryResearchers at Keele University released findings showing that letting loose a string of expletives actually has the effect of dulling the sensation of pain.
Video: Robots Finally Enter Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactor, Find High Radiation Levels
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comNudging open a door with its extendable arm, a bomb-disposal robot became the first robot to enter a reactor building at Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, confirming high radiation levels that are unsafe for humans.
Video: Remote-Controlled Car That Runs on Aluminum Soda Can Tabs
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comTheir DAlH2Orean remote-controlled car runs on a combination of recycled aluminum soda can tabs and sodium hydroxide, creating a zero-emissions hydrogen vehicle
New Condensation Tech Captures Drinkable Water From Diesel Exhaust
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA new condensation process captures water from burning diesel fuel, and is so efficient that it could theoretically produce a gallon of water from a gallon of diesel, using lightweight materials.
Another Anti Cancer Pathway
• arcleinrofessor Tracy Robson from the School of Pharmacy at Queen's explains: "By understanding the anti-angiogenic potential of the natural protein, FKBPL, we have been able to develop small peptide-based drugs that could be delivered to prevent tumour g
Navel Laser Weapons
• arcleinThe Navy and DOD are developing three principal types of lasers for potential use on Navy surface ships—fiber solid state lasers (SSLs), slab SSLs, and free electron lasers (FELs). The Navy’s fiber SSL prototype demonstrator is called the Laser Weapo
Video: Railgun Blasts an Aerodynamic Round Seven Kilometers Through A Steel Plate
• Paul Adams via PopSci.comThis amazing video, created by Defense Tech, shows the latest test of General Atomics' high-speed railgun.
Video: Railgun Blasts an Aerodynamic Round Seven Kilometers Through A Steel Plate
• Paul Adams via PopSci.comThis amazing video, created by Defense Tech, shows the latest test of General Atomics' high-speed railgun.
Researchers Succeed in Quantum Teleportation of Light Waves
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comIn a real-life use of Schrödinger's theoretical paradoxical cat, researchers report that they were able to quickly transfer a complex set of quantum information while preserving its integrity.
Nevada SB 412 to make felons out of natural health practitioners
• ActivistPost.com/Here’s another piece of the steamroller being perpetrated by those God-fearing, bible quoting, God is moving on my heart, Republicans. Another state under siege by Republican legislators as they do their part in the nationwide assault on natural...
Doctor John Ioannides Confronts Medical Science
• arcleinnnidis first became aware of the problems in medical science as a young researcher, when he realized that even for well-researched diseases, doctors tended to make their treatment decisions based on intuition and basic guidelines rather than solid re
Scientists warn future drugs will be designed to control human mind
• BlackListedNews & NaturalNews.com/It may sound like something out of a science fiction plot, but Oxford researchers say that modern conventional medicine is gradually developing ways to change the moral states of humans through pharmaceutical drugs, and thus control the way people...
‘Universal’ cancer jab: Vaccine that stops all tumours in their tracks could be here in two years
• prisonplanet.comA ‘universal’ vaccine that could revolutionise the treatment of cancer could be available in just two years.
Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain
• livescience.comSturm's team is working to isolate the part of the brain in control of embarrassment. They've found that the feeling of embarrassment that comes with experiences such as hearing your own singing is isolated to a thumb-sized bit of tissue deep within
Blending Wool and Kevlar Could Make Better, Lighter Body Armor
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comWeaving wool into Kevlar improves the energy and water absorption of the synthetic textile, potentially making bulletproof vests more comfortable and more affordable, according to researchers in Australia.
New Washable RFID Chips Track Hotel Towels and Bathrobes
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comRadio frequency identification (RFID) tech has been employed in some pretty noble causes, like tracking timber to curb illegal logging and tagging animals for study and to better manage their habitats.
Speeding Up the Healing Process
• technologyreview.comNew agents could help the body repair chronic wounds, and make the normal healing process work more quickly.
Fresh From Jeopardy, Artificial Intelligence Fights Infection in the ICU
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comrtemis, a software program built on the back of IBM analytics software similar to that powering Watson, is being tested as a means to provide early warnings when babies in the ICU acquire hospital-borne infections.
World Health Officials Debate Whether To Destroy Last Existing Samples of Smallpox
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comHumanity’s worst scourge, the smallpox virus, may finally wind up on death row in May if health officials decide to destroy the last known samples. The virus was eliminated in human populations more than 30 years ago
With a Massive Hardware Hack, Libyan Rebels Hijack Disabled Cell Phone Network
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comBut today’s tale of Libyan rebels and a few international telecom experts hijacking the Libyana cellphone service from strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government isn’t just another chapter in an ongoing story.
Six Dream Projects of the 3-D Printing Pioneers
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comhey can print houses on the moon and change the course of science education forever--and they might be closer to fruition than you'd think
2011 Skyscraper Contest: Energy Harvesters, Domes With Holes, and Other Buildings of the Future
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comFuture cities could include pancake-shaped buildings, power plants that harvest lightning and ocean-based skyscrapers that produce potable water and clean up trash. Those are some of the visions in the 2011 eVolo Skyscraper Competition.
The Goods: April 2011's Hottest Gadgets
• Caitlin Kearney and Brett Zarda via PopSci.comA dozen great ideas in gear, from a shatter-resistant HDTV to a pen that automatically saves your notes in the cloud.
Six Dream Projects of the 3-D Printing Pioneers
• popsci.comThey can print houses on the moon and change the course of science education forever--and they might be closer to fruition than you'd think
Arm Access for Angioplasty
• arcleinThe large, multi-centre randomized trial – the first of its kind to compare radial access and femoral access – found that both entry points for angioplasty resulted in similar outcomes, including rates of death, heart attack, stroke or non-bypass-rel
Industrial Revolution Launched
• arclein“In some way a new kind of physics is taking place. It’s enigmatic, but probably no new laws of nature are involved. We believe it is possible to explain the process with known laws of nature,” said Hanno Essén, associate professor of theoretical phy
Dialing with Your Thoughts
• technologyreview.comA new brain-control interface lets users make calls by thinking of the number—research that could prove useful for the severely disabled and beyond.
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