Source: BBCNews
Experts have for the first time created cloned embryos from an adult monkey – a technical breakthrough that could bring efficient human cloning a step closer.
Source: Dailytech
Honda has a new fuel efficient vehicle of its own to tout and the word “hybrid” is nowhere to be found. The company finally pulled the wraps off the production version of its FCX fuel cell prototype — now called the FCX Clarity.
Source> Dailytech
A group of researchers led by Jose Halloy from the Université Libré de Bruxelles has succeeded in building a robotic cockroach convincing enough to fool the real thing.
Source: BBCNews
A prototype artificial skin used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.
Writing in the journal Regenerative Medicine, UK-based company Intercytex said it had produced promising results in early trials.
It said the skin seemed to incorporate itself much better with real tissue than any other skin substitutes tried in the past.
Source: Dailytech
Sticky nanoparticles find tumor cells where they can be used to release drugs straight to the culprit
Building on past research with sticky nanoparticles, scientists at MIT have developed a method of delivering drugs straight to tumor cells. Previously the particles, which flow discretely through the bloodstream adhering only to tumorous cells, helped visualize tumors via magnetic resonance imaging. Now, using electromagnetic wave pulses, the same particles could be used to bomb the tumor cells with drugs.
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Human skin cells have been reprogrammed by two groups of scientists to mimic embryonic stem cells with the potential to become any tissue in the body.
The breakthrough promises a plentiful new source of cells for use in research into new treatments for many diseases.
Source: Dailytech
A large group of companies and researchers is looking to revolutionize telecommunications with new light-controlling crystals
Source: Dailytech
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) recorded a high-definition video of the moon’s surface with a high-definition TV acquisition system designed by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) broadcasting station
Source: BBCNews
“Had we used the same transistors that we used in our chips 15 to 20 years ago, the chip would be about the size of a two-storey building,” said Bill Kircos of Intel.
Paul Otellini, head of Intel, described the challenge of building the chips as “awe-inspiring”.
Although the chip-maker is the first company to make microprocessors with such tiny features, other companies, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), are producing other types of silicon chip.
Source: Dailytech
“This technique will be very useful to disinfect all the viruses, known or unknown,” Tsen said. “This will make blood transfusion very safe.” By using the laser technique, blood banks will likely be able to determine hard to detect viruses such as HIV. HIV and other viruses undergo periods of dormancy, during which they are virtually undetectable by traditional testing.
Treatment in which the lasers are aimed at human tissues to kill viruses residing in them is still a ways away, however with continued advanced, this may one day be possible.
Source: Dailytech
“The 64GB SATA II SSD is based on Samsung’s cutting-edge NAND technology with dramatically improved performance specs that are taking system performance to a whole new level of efficiency,” stated Samsung director of NAND flash marketing Jim Elliott.
Samsung’s new SSDs also now compare favorably with Mtron’s family of SSDs which are available in 2.5″ and 3.5″ form-factors. Those drives feature write speeds of 90MB/sec and read speeds of 120MB/sec.
Source: Anandtech
Nissan hopes to give car buyers the ability to choose whatever color they like for their vehicle — at any time. Nissan has developed what it calls a “paramagnetic” paint coating — a unique polymer layer which features iron oxide particles is applied to the vehicle body. When an electric current is applied to the polymer layer, the crystals in the polymer are then interpreted by the human eye as different colors.
Depending on the level of current and the spacing of the crystals, a wide gamut of colors can be selected by the driver. However, since a steady current is needed to maintain the color effect, the paramagnetic paint doesn’t work when the vehicle is turned off — instead, the vehicle would revert back to a default white color.
Source: wired.com
Phoenix says its new technology, HyperSpace, will offer mobile PC users the ability to instantly fire up their most used apps — things like e-mail, web browsers and various media players — without using Windows, simply by pressing the F4 button.
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