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'Lint Brush' Captures And Kills Cancer Cells
Posted on December 12, 2008 at 09:21:52 am
Cornell researcher Michael King has developed what he calls a lethal "lint brush" for the blood -- a tiny, implantable device that captures and kills cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body.
Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal For Clean Energy
Posted on December 12, 2008 at 09:29:18 am
The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing on prairies or glowing inside nuclear power plants.
Robotics Integrated With Human Body In Near Future?
Posted on December 12, 2008 at 07:48:01 pm
Technology Gulf Between 'Have' And 'Have Nots' Predicted By 2020.
Massive Jellyfish Swarms
Posted on December 14, 2008 at 04:28:50 pm
Currently particularly hard-hit by these squishy animals include Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, the east coast of the U.S., the Bering Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Australia, the Black Sea and other European seas, the Sea of Japan, the North Sea and Namibia.
Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 10:46:03 am
Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel
Boundary Between Earth's Upper Atmosphere & Space Moves To Extraordinarily Low Altitudes
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 09:50:36 pm
Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earth's upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes.
Beaver Returns To New York City
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 09:59:11 pm
The first beaver to be seen in New York City in 200 years has returned to the site where it was first spotted in 2007 -- on the lower Bronx River where it flows through the Bronx Zoo.
New Concrete Buster Makes Its Debut
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 10:09:56 pm
Move over, drills, saws, and jackhammers. Now there's something much faster for search-and-rescue missions. And, Homeland Security's new Concrete Buster just won a technology Best-of-the-Year Award from Popular Science.
United States Death Map Revealed
Posted on December 17, 2008 at 09:58:18 am
Map gives a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural events such as floods, earthquakes or extreme weather.
Health Monitoring With Your Cell Phone
Posted on December 23, 2008 at 05:55:41 pm
Cell phones have already revolutionized the way people around the world communicate and do business. Thanks to advances being made at UCLA, they are about to do the same thing for medicine.














