Someday, they’ll build wireless Internet into every building, just the way they build in running water, heat and electricity today. Someday, we won’t...
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Failure to act on threats to global sustainability brings the world closer to disaster
With this final column I will transition Sustainable Developments from...
As their name suggests, most existing water purifying filters clean the water by physically trapping or filtering out bacteria.
Stanford researchers have now developed...
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NEC has announced the development of a new biomass-based plastic produced by bonding non-edible cellulose with cardanol, a primary component of...
Researching liver disorders is extremely difficult because liver cells (hepatocytes) cannot be grown in the laboratory.
However, researchers at the University of Cambridge have...
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Scientists at Rice University and Hewlett-Packard are reporting this week that they can overcome a fundamental barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization...
Scientists from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the University of Bristol and the John Innes Centre in Norfolk, have sequenced the...
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Scientists have reported the development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could "recharge" cell ...
Electronic products pollute our environment with a number of heavy metals before, during and after they're used.
In the U.S. alone, an estimated 70%...
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Solid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would...
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Scientists report progress in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that ...
Inventor: Paul Allen
Filed: August 27, 2010
Abstract: A method for preventing innovation, specifically in the tech sector, by way of a dangerous misconception of ...
Stem cells have been touted as the potential key to treating ailments ranging from Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis to spinal cord injuries, to...
A study made public this Wednesday has shown that biosynthetic corneas can and do restore eyesight in humans.
Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute...
In conjunction with Fulton Innovation, Texas Instruments (TI) will showcase a new contactless charging evaluation kit at this year’s CES. The bqTESLA kit will enable designers to develop contactless charging capability for products such as phones, MP3 players and GPS units. In the future, this
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???Large corporations have been testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid.
Will we have one in every home someday?
See the CBS News report below.
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A Chinese threat to halt exports of rare minerals — vital for high-performance electric motors in wind turbines, hybrid cars and missiles — appears to have backfired.
With control of more than 99 percent of the world’s production of these minerals, China could try t
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Alex Andon, 24, a graduate of Duke University in biology, was laid off from a biotech company last May. For months he sought new work. Then, frustrated with the hunt, he turned to jellyfish.
In an apartment he shares here with six roommates, Mr. Andon started a business i
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If you’ve ever owned a recalcitrant retriever, a cat-crazy collie or an overly playful poodle, you’ll know the anxiety of watching them run out of view in search of new adventures, oblivious to your shouts of anguish (and anger). A GPS-enabled collar could be handy for t
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