Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis found a way to keep a cancerous tumor from growing by using nanoparticles of the main ingredient in common antacid tablets. The research team,... Read more
Repap is paper spelt backwards. It is also a new material that can be used as paper would be, to doodle on, to write upon frenetically or to make aerodynamic planes. But repap is not actuall... Read more
Researchers from the University of Bonn found out that tiny foraminifera in the oceans can save islands The climate is getting warmer, and sea levels are rising – a threat to island nations.... Read more
“Our process is easier to control, quicker to implement and more cost-effective” One of the more promising developments in the field of medical technology involves the use of microsphe... Read more
Cost-effective cure for ‘concrete cancer’? ‘Self-healing’ concrete is being developed by researchers at Northumbria University which could see cracks in concrete buildings become a thing of... Read more
Image by silveryyn via Flickr Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a hot area of research in the effort to fight global warming through the process of removing carbon from the atmospher... Read more
Image via Wikipedia USA-centric but world important THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The thing I love most about America is that there’s always somebody who doesn’t get the word — somebody who doesn’t und... Read more