ring it out

This Is What Happens When You Wring Out A Wet Cloth In Space

The weightlessness of space makes it a unique place to conduct experiments that can’t be done on Earth, like growing perfect protein crystals, finding out how rat memory... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/23/13

dna

US Supreme Court To Decide Whether Or Not Genes Can Be Patented

Should genes be patented or not? That’s the question currently facing the Supreme Court. Coming up with an answer that’s satisfactory to the researchers, doctors and... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/22/13

brain

New Technique Turns Brain Transparent, Gives Scientists Direct Look Into Brain

The brain remains one of the most impenetrable frontiers of science. Deciphering how its 85 billion neurons and trillion connections between them function together to allow... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/22/13

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Willow Garage Spinoff IPI Is Building Robots That Can See, Think, and Act

We often hear of robots forcing humans to learn new skills, but Willow Garage spinoff, Industrial Perception, Inc., (IPI) aims to do just the opposite. IPI is in the... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/20/13

noodles

Chinese Restaurant Owner Says Robot Noodle Maker Doing “A Good Job!”

Noodle peelers should probably start looking for other things to do around the kitchen – there’s just no competing with these robots. Not only are they saving... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/19/13

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Anticipated and Controversial, First Google Glass Devices in Production

Google Glass is fast becoming the most hyped, anticipated, controversial technology trial of the year. You heard it here first—although I’m sure you didn’t—Google... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/18/13

fingerprint-scanning

Why Your Next Phone Will Include Fingerprint, Facial, And Voice Recognition

In some ways, it’s a marvel that even half of consumers bother to lock their phones. You would think the benefits would be obvious enough: by entering a few numbers, you... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/18/13

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Oversubscribed Five-to-One, FutureMed Adds November Date in San Diego

Singularity University’s FutureMed continues to be a hot ticket. Following the successful (and sold out) February program pictured above, the organizers of FutureMed... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/17/13

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Festo’s Robot Dragonfly an Awesome Mix of Prehistoric and Futuristic

German manufacturing firm Festo recently resurrected a Paleozoic dragonfly. No, we’re not talking de-extinction or synthetic biology—this baby’s robotic. But at 70... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/17/13

hep c

RNA-Based Drug Offers New Hope To Hepatitis C Patients

RNA molecule folded back upon itself About 170 million people in the world suffer from chronic hepatitis C, a viral infection that often leads to cirrhosis or cancer of the... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/17/13

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Coming Soon to a Body Near You? World’s Smallest Chip to Be Swallowable

The Internet of Things is coming, but chips need to be more efficient, powerful—and even smaller than they are now. In all categories, Freescale Semiconductor is making... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/16/13

kidney

Lab Grown Kidney Transplanted Into Rat

Imagine a future in which no one died anymore waiting for an organ. Harvard researchers have taken a major step toward that reality by not only growing an organ in the lab,... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/15/13

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