“Malleable” Biomaterial Suitable for Soft Facial Tissue Replacements

There is no shortage of materials that can reliably be shaped and molded to replace hard components like bone when doing reconstructive surgery. But suitable replacement for soft tissues, particularly for facial use, is lacking. Those that are available leave much to be desired and are particularly problematic when used for correcting bigger deformities. But [...]

A Robot Impervious to Landmines

A new remote-controlled robot designed to clear landmines can withstand as much as 17 lbs. of explosives without sustaining any damage. Made of hardened steel, the Digger DTR D3 has a rotating tungsten hammer up front that digs about a foot into the ground and pulverizes things upon contact; including landmines, but not before detonating [...]

Transparent Batteries Created

Researchers have achieved making different electronic components transparent. However, batteries were not one of them. So far, the bulk of research dedicated to battery technology is to make them store more energy and to keep it stored longer. But Yi Cui, a materials science professor at Stanford University, led researchers in creating a fully transparent [...]

Graphene, ‘Super Paper’ is Stronger Than Steel

What is two times harder, six times lighter, ten times stronger than steel and totally recyclable? Graphene, that’s what. These advantages produce a next-generation material that can greatly improve aviation, automotive and other heavy industries by decreasing fuel requirements, and therefore, pollution. The University of Technology in Sydney, Australia revealed a new type of graphene [...]

Heart Monitoring… There’s an App For That

A new system under development holds a lot of promise in the area of monitoring our heart. The Human++ system is a wireless body area network (BAN) that creates a link between our body and Android smartphones. The current version is a dongle with a necklace. The lace is actually a low-powered ECG sensor that [...]

Human Skin Factory Now Became Reality

Two years ago, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology in Germany had the idea of a skin factory. They wanted to be able to produce low-cost skin that can be used for clinical testing. That idea is now a reality. In a sterile and climate-controlled factory, computers control the robots, blades [...]

Botox Can Relieve Painful Spinal Headaches

Low cerebrospinal fluid headaches can be debilitating. Commonly, a lumbar puncture results in an internal fluid leak in the spine. The brain sags as the fluid leaks out. For many patients suffering from low CSF headaches, pain can be disabling. Currently available therapies are not totally effective. The only relief is from lying down. This [...]

Safe Drinking Water from Diesel Exhaust

A new condensation process being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can recover water from burning diesel fuel. The process is efficient enough that it can produce up to 85% of water per unit of diesel while removing contamination and impurities making the water suitable for human consumption. The approach could also be adapted for [...]

Nuclear Accident? Algae Might Help

Recent scientific discovery could lead to efficient and effective clean up of nuclear accidents and radioactive spills like that of the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan. It is known that algae can secrete drugs and biofuels but the research at Northwestern University has identified that the common algae, closterioum moniliferum, can turn strontium into crystals. [...]

PaperPhone Made Possible For Paperless Office

Computer Human Interaction conference will take place today May 10, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada and it will showcase an amazing gadget that in doubt will be used by everyone in the very near future. A collaboration between researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University, Canada and Arizona State University’s Motivational Environments Research group [...]

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