Technology

Finally, Magnets In Medicine That Will Actually Work- It Fights Melanoma In Mice

You might recall that a few years ago, lots of athletes wore magnetic bracelets in the belief that their performance would improve. Like much woo, be it homeopathy or organic food or skull drilling, it proceeded from a reasonable basis; in the case of mag ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 3:46pm

AIDA Software Makes Vague Online Searching More Accurate

If a name is ambiguous and given without context, humans struggle to understand the meaning, so you can imagine the struggle computers have.  When Germans read the last name "Merkel" without context, they will not know if it refers to the Chance ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2014 - 10:34am

MIT Makes A Water Filter From The Sapwood In Tree Branches

Boy scouts know this, and now we'll let you in on a secret too: if you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution. Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pou ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2014 - 11:32am

Turing Did Biology Too? His Paper On Chemical Morphogenesis Validated

Alan Turing was long famous in computer science and then became notable due to his sexuality and its controversy in England. Less well known is his work in biology and chemistry. During World War II, Turing helped cracked the German Enigma Code, which mad ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2014 - 5:36pm

Social Media Is Contagious- Practice Safe Hex

Can you catch a mood from someone online? Most people would answer 'yes', because lots of comments on the Internet enrage them. A political science paper says they can confirm it. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2014 - 4:57pm

Detector Identifies 7 Emotions- Including This One That Makes For A Dangerous Driver

New technology developed by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne allows them to detect facial expressions and identify which of the seven universal emotions a person is feeling: fear, anger, joy, sadness, disgust, surprise, or suspicion. This could be ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 12:37am

Mmmmm: Gluten-Free Crackers Made Of Hemp And Green Tea

Gluten-free foods are all the rage. What was once the plight of celiac patients has become the latest health fad and a $5 billion annual industry. Companies like General Mills and others have taken advantage of the 200 percent higher prices people are wil ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 3:26pm

21st Century Bionic Plants Might Even Monitor For Environmental Pollutants

It's hard to imagine how plants, one of nature's greatest successes, could be improved, but nanobionic plants which enhance the photosynthetic function of chloroplasts isolated from plants for possible use in solar cells may get a boost. By augm ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 1:00am

Sorry Duck Dynasty, Deer Hunting Is Going To Help Patients With Diabetes

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) evaporate easily in the air but they help suppress a deer hunter's worst enemy- smells.  And that science of deer hunting may soon help researchers develop a life-saving device for diabetes patients, according to a p ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 6:18pm

Was This Press Release Written By A Human? Do You Care?

What do you think about computer-generated news articles? Would you even know? Recently, Google has tried to penalize 'content farms'- especially companies that look for keywords, terms and trends in searches and automatically generate articles t ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 12:15pm