Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer. It is able to suppress the spread of cancer cells throughout a patient’s body by targeting and killing cells that divide rapidly. Unfortunately, the treatment also affects cells that divide rapidly under normal circumstances, such as cells in the digestive tract, bone marrow and hair follicles. [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News, Technology on September 2nd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: healthcare, innovation, research, Technology
Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are used to power a great number of gadgets. From digital cameras to cars, the ion storage packs are praised for their efficient energy dispensation and slow loss of charge when not in use. Now, they can be made more efficient, and affordable according to research from the US Department of [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on August 26th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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The latest contribution towards the development of clean energy was unveiled in Scotland earlier in the month. Weighing 1430 tons and sizing up at nearly 75 feet tall, the AK1000 is described as the largest tidal power turbine. Its developer, the Atlantis Resources Corporation, says that the device’s 60 foot rotors can generate one megawatt [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 25th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Environment, innovation, sustainability, Technology
A recent report from the American Red Cross, named Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies, finds that in the event of a large-scale emergency, such as the onset of a natural disaster or an accident, one in five web users would try to contact an emergency responder through digital media channels.
From July 22 to 23, [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Sometimes, the quirkiest projects can open avenues into more interesting finds, such as in the case of Michael J. Haas and his dairy-to-diesel research. “It was something we wanted to show could be done,” said Michael J. Haas, a research biochemist at the United States Department of Agriculture who came up with the idea. [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 19th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, Environment, innovation, sustainability
There are few who pay particular attention to the alarm clock in their hotel room. Those who do may find a nifty innovation in the rectangular timepiece. Nearly 40% of the 4.9 million hotel rooms in the United States have an iHome propped up on the bedside table. Looking a lot like the conventional hotel [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 18th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Commonly observed in laboratories, spherical fullerenes or buckyballs recently made their first appearance to man in space through NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Spectrograph.
Buckyballs are carbon molecules known for their distinct soccer ball shape. According to astronomer Jan Cami, the fullerenes are the largest molecules to be observed in space. The discovery has roused [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on August 17th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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In Israel, a scientific team led by Prof. Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute has developed a device which makes use of sniff-sensing to allow the severely disabled to communicate and even steer their wheelchair. The device works by sensing changes in air pressure in the nostrils which translates these into electrical signals for writing [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News, Technology on August 12th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Like creating a miniature volcano using paper mâché and a careful mixture of white vinegar and baking soda, making a battery out of a potato is a quintessential school science experiment. Centuries after its discovery as an effective conductor of electricity, researchers from the University of Jerusalem in Israel are saying the potato battery can [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 11th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, Community, energy, Environment, sustainability
While most would agree that using rechargeable batteries is already better for the environment than using single use alkaline batteries, Apple has designed a battery charger that presents an improvement over traditional battery charging stations.
With a power-management system that cuts the power when the batteries are fully-charged, the new battery charger nearly eliminates the [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 9th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, efficiency, energy, Environment, Technology
Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer.
A new species of microbe is flourishing in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.