Stem cell treatment offers potential cure for age-related illness
Stem cell treatment offers the greatest potential of a cure for many age-related illnesses. Right now, doctors are struggling to find practical applications
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Using Nanoscale Technologies to Understand and Replicate the Human Brain
Can we emulate the brain to create supercomputers far beyond what currently exists? And will we one day have tools small enough to
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Lobbying China on Iran, Israelis admit limited sway
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel has limited sway over China but hopes that sharing its fears about Iran’s nuclear program will persuade Beijing to
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Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of
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MIT’s Flyfire paints images in the sky using micro helicopters, is apparently top-secret
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnEN9B18v6Q] Micro helicopters, the kind that fit in the palm of your hand (and sometimes spread holiday cheer) are huge fun — and hugely
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Jeremy Rifkin: The third industrial revolution
We need to implement reglobalization from the bottom-up in order to achieve a more sustainable global economy. Geopolitics is an extension of the
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Plans for alien contact found wanting
Enormous satellite dishes make up the search party for extraterrestrial life, but in the event of success, should a welcome party follow? Astronomers
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Scientists use nanotechnology to try building computers modeled after the brain
Independent from this military-inspired research, nanotechnology researchers in France have developed a hybrid nanoparticle-organic transistor that can mimic the main functionalities of a
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Space cannon to shoot payloads into orbit
John Hunter, from the company Quicklaunch, which was set up by himself and two other scientists, bases its plans on previous work they
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