Wearable Sweat Sensor Gives Instant Health Profile Without Lab Work
A small sweat sensor can instantly detect and diagnose dehydration, muscle fatigue, stress and other conditions that once took hours of blood work in a lab.
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New York Scientists Unveil 'Invisibility Cloak' to Rival Harry Potter's
Inspired perhaps by Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, scientists at the University of Rochester have recently developed a simple and inexpensive lens device that hides objects from view. With the basic goal of taking light and have it pass around something as if it isn't there, the researchers have created the first simple device that can do three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking.
Student Develops Tattoo Removal Cream
A 27-year-old PhD student at Dalhousie University in Halifax is developing a topical cream that he says will make tattoo ink eventually fade away.
De-icing Concrete Can Make Bridges Safer, Airports More Reliable
Mixing steel shavings and carbon into regular concrete creates road-building slabs that can be electrified to melt ice and snow.
Throngs Follow Space Shuttle Endeavour Along LA Streets On Final Journey
The massive Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled carefully through the streets of Los Angeles today, creeping slowly towards its final resting place at the California Science Center. People lined the streets pointing their cameras as the five-story-tall spacecraft with its 78-foot wingspan wound along its journey.
Dutch Team Wins Australian Solar Car Race (Video/Text)
A Dutch solar car beat entries from around the world in the 20th annual World Solar Challenge, a 3,000 km (1,864 mile) race through the Australian outback.
Honey Bees Hunt for Land Mines in Croatia
Swarms of honey bees buzz over Croatian meadows in an experimental hunt for explosives, making them new recruits in authorities' efforts to clear away thousands of potentially deadly landmines.
Solar-Powered ‘Mayflower' to Cross Ocean 400 Years After Pilgrim Voyage
If all goes as planned, this high-tech, solar-and-wind-powered ship will follow the same route its pioneering namesake took, ‘from Plymouth to Plymouth.'
Apes Appear To Have Potential For Human Speech: Study
New research suggests that apes have the ability to perform behaviors that require vocal and breathing control and may have the ability to develop speech.
Earthlings Tweet Questions in Cyberspace, Astronaut Answers From Orbit
Astronaut Scott Kelly is answering questions from people around the world who tweet them with the hashtag #YEARINSPACE.
Astronauts Grow Salad Greens, Eat Fresh Food in Space, a NASA First
Space farming reached an important milestone this week when astronauts got to eat fresh salad greens grown aboard the International Space Station.
NASA Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet Yet In the "Goldilocks Zone"
The most Earth-like planet yet, with an orbit that makes temperatures "just right" for supporting life, has been discovered 1,400 light years away.
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