Technology

Urine-Powered Mobile Phone Developed

A group at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have developed a novel way of charging mobile phones- using urine as the power source to generate electricity. Lead author Dr. Ioannis Ieropoulos from the University of the West of England is an expert at harnessi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2013 - 11:04am

A Literal Heart Of Gold

Heart tissue sustains irreparable damage in the wake of a heart attack but because cells in the heart cannot multiply and the cardiac muscle contains few stem cells, the tissue is unable to repair itself — it becomes fibrotic and cannot contract properly. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2013 - 1:14pm

21st Century Electrosurgery: “Intelligent" Knife Knows Which Tissue Is Cancerous

An “intelligent knife”, dubbed the iKnife (naturally) can tell surgeons whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In operating room situations, the iKnife diagnosed tissue samples from 91 patients with 100 percent accuracy, saving about 30 m ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 1:15pm

Atlas Of Oceanic Plankton Published

Oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface and compared to terrestrial ecosystems, the animal and plant species concealed under water have been researched relatively little.   An international collaborative project recorded the times, places and ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2013 - 7:00am

Metagenomics: Tuberculosis Genomes Recovered From 215-year Old Mummy

Researchers using  ‘metagenomics’,  the open-ended sequencing of DNA from samples without the need for culture or target-specific amplification or enrichment, have recovered tuberculosis (TB) genomes from the lung tissue of a 215-year old mummy using a tec ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2013 - 10:06am

Fast Test For Bubonic Plague Developed

Who ever guessed that sugar could be the downfall of the Bubonic Plague? Diagnosing the presence of Yersinia pestis, the cause of the zoonotic disease also called the Black Death, may soon be much faster thanks to a simple, inexpensive and reliable glycom ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 24 2013 - 4:30pm

N-Fix: Enabling Crops To Take Nitrogen From The Air

As the world population grows, one terrific science and technology solution to expensive and environmentally damaging fertilizers would be enabling all of the world's crops to take nitrogen from the air. Nitrate pollution is a major problem as is the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2013 - 2:47pm

The Groundbreaking Science Discovery Few People Have Ever Heard Of

40 years ago, a technique now used for detecting tiny quantities of molecules, in situations from crime scene forensic analysis, to drug detection, to establishing the origins of works of art, was discovered. But despite there being a dozen CSI shows that ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 26 2013 - 10:47am

Massive Muon Ring Move Up The Mighty Mississippi Completed

The Muon g-2 team has completed transport of a 50-foot-wide electromagnet from Long Island to the Chicago suburbs in one piece. The move began on June 22nd at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and concluded this week at Fermilab, a 3,200 mile journey- at le ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2013 - 2:02pm

Computational Biology: Reprogramming Stem Cells On A Computer

In the beginning, there are embryonic stem cells, which divide and increasingly differentiate as they do so. The ensuing tissue cells remain in a stable state, a skin cell does not spontaneously change into a nerve cell or heart muscle cell. The applicati ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2013 - 10:51am