What: The world's lightest material is composed of a metallic microlattice. Scientists claim the microlattice is 99.99 percent air and 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. Who: Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology The Future: The interlocking tubes of nickel are strong and shock absorbent.
The University's Medical Center is a vital regional institution, but it also reaches out beyond the United States through its International Family Medicine Clinic.
The Apple iPod recently celebrated its 10th birthday, and after a decade of being on the market, the iPod line is still going strong.
Epigenetic therapy reverses gene-silencing, which promotes cancer cell growth, allowing late-stage lung cancer patients to live about two months longer than expected, according to research conducted at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Researchers at Duke University recently discovered a technique used by many marine animals - most specifically cephalopods - to camouflage themselves from deep-sea predators.
Researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge have brought science closer to developing a vaccine for one of the most well known infectious diseases: malaria.
What: The Mood Meter is a computer which uses facial algorithms to recognize the facial expressions of people walking by, and assigns them a mood level.
Natural disasters have damaged areas across the United States, and even before Hurricane Irene tracked up and reshaped the Atlantic coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found weather-related losses topping $35 billion. Coastal landscapes often are altered drastically in response to storms like Hurricane Irene, which raise sustainability issues with respect to development.
A panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously last month to recommend routine vaccination of boys against human papillomavirus, the most prevalent sexually transmitted virus in the United States and the cause of nearly all cases of cervical cancer. In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved Merck's Gardasil vaccine for females aged 9 to 26, and in 2009 the vaccine was approved for males in the same age range.
Scientists in Germany created three new elements, named Darmstadtium, Roentgenium and Copernicium. Between 2009 and 2010 global warming emissions jumped 6 percent. This increase is the biggest jump in total emissions ever seen. Dr. Eugene Carragee, professor at Stanford University's medical school, has presented data showing that spinal infusion patients treated with Amplify, a Medtronic bone growth drug, were at a greater risk for cancer. A study led by physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College and Mt.
Contact lenses have empowered those who wished to change their eye color during the past few years. However, for others this temporary change is not enough.
What: The Holodesk, a device which uses the Kinect, a motion-sensing input device, to visually move three-dimensional objects Who: This is the latest product from the research department of Microsoft. The Future: The technology is currently in the "research project" phase and is not currently slated for release. -compiled by Chudi Obi
A recent study conducted by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark shows no link between cell phone use and brain tumors.
The European Space Agency launched two Galileo satellites by a Russian Soyuz rocket from its French Guiana base.
The world population reached seven billion Oct.
Who: Jonas Pfeil, a recent gradate of the Technical University of Berlin What: The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera, equipped with an accelerometer, takes a 360-degree panorama of wherever it is.
Scientists' ability to observe the universe improved recently as the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array, a planned group of 66 antennas which simulates one large telescope, began operation Sept.
When the nasty looking guy behind you in your morning lecture sneezes violently, what keeps you from coming down with the same cold?
Kohler, a bath fixtures company, created an advanced toilet, the Numi, which can play music, be personalized, heat its seat, illuminate itself with LED lights, raise and lower its lid, and more.
