Technology

Neutralize Bioterrorism With Tiny Motors

William Murphy /flickr  By: Alexander Hellemans, Inside Science (Inside Science)-- Researchers around the world are studying how to destroy chemical and biological warfare agents without anyone getting hurt. A research group at the University of Californi ...

Article - Inside Science - Nov 3 2014 - 10:00am

Google X Tackles Cancer And Heart Attacks

via: The Telegraph By Jane Palmer, Genetic Literacy Project Sometimes I think I’ve outsourced my consciousness to Google. Can’t remember something? Google it. Want to remember something? Google Doc it. Want to get noticed? Get on Google News. If Google ev ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Nov 4 2014 - 5:44pm

Aromapoetry And Electric Ink: The Physical Book Is Not Dead, It's About To Be Reborn

No need to say goodbye to the print book. Amy Johansson/Shutterstock By Andrew Prescott, King's College London “Analog” and “digital” are the two polar opposites of our modern world. The word “analog” has become our catch-all term for what we see as ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 5 2014 - 11:04am

Cloying Or Clever? Coffee That Only Brews When The Energy Is Renewable

Like coffee but your liberal guilt won't let you enjoy it if the energy to heat the water might have come from natural gas or nuclear energy? There may be hope for the future. Researchers at Lancaster University have used a Raspberry Pi to determine t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2014 - 1:39am

Created: Brain To Brain Interface Between People

Words are so 20th century. The 21st century could belong to brains communicating directly with each other. Researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people. In the newly published paper, which involved si ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 8:00am

Cyborg Cockroaches Track You By Sound

Tiny biobots- cyborg cockroaches- can trace the source of a sound and home in on it. But don't fear, an invisible fence keeps them in their assigned area, which would be disaster areas to find victims. The biobots are equipped with electronic backpac ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 1:01pm

The Story Of The Bra

Bras have come a long way in 100 years. Credit: EPA/HO By Deirdre McGhee, University of Wollongong This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the first bra patent. Amazingly for the time – 1914 – it was made by a woman in her twenties, Mary (Polly) Phelp ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 6 2014 - 6:00pm

Controlling Gene Expression With Brainwaves

A team of researchers have developed a gene regulation method that enables thought-specific brainwaves to control the conversion of genes into proteins- gene expression. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2014 - 2:24pm

KSORT Assay: Genes Identify Transplant Rejection Chances

Acute rejection after kidney transplantation occurs in about 15% of patients despite immunosuppressive therapy and this rejection is usually heralded by an increase in the patient's serum creatinine, a marker of kidney function. A kidney biopsy is th ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2014 - 7:50pm

Software Can Detect Even Small Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

Major leaks from oil and gas pipelines can lead to home evacuations and even explosions. The line of lawyers waiting to sue for millions of dollars even if nothing happens can be seen from space. And though most pipeline leaks are small, America leads the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2014 - 9:00am