Toxic Algae Could Power "Super Batteries" of Tomorrow
It's all about perspective: alga blooms that choke oxygen out of lakes could be grown and harvested to build parts for a new generation of super battery.
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Can't Exercise? A Pill May One Day Offer Some of the Same Benefits
For those who can't work out due to chronic pain, disability, or obligations, a pill may one day offer some of the benefits of exercise.
Newly Found in Himalayas: Walking Fish and Sneezing Monkeys
A "walking" fish that can travel on land and breathe air for up to four days is one of the unusual discoveries from the world's highest mountains.
New Discovery: How We Might Starve Tumors by Cutting Off Food Supply
Shutting down a single protein could leave cancer cells unable to find the nutrients they need to grow and spread.
Inventing a Second Life for the Spent Electric Car Battery
Researchers acknowledge that any rechargeable battery from an electric car will gradually lose its capacity to store energy a time. That's why a number of projects and new ventures (by Nissan and GM) are already under way to explore second-life applications for lithium-ion batteries
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically improve lives in some of the world's poorest countries. The funding, made possible through the Grand Challenges Exploration program, will enable researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
New Study Shows Meditation Changes Both Brain and Body
A new scientific study shows how meditation can rewire the brain to reduce stress.
First International Positive Psychology Summit: Psychologists Herald ways to Live Happily Ever After
200 psychologists from 20 countries convened this weekend in Washington, D.C. for their fourth annual summit to exchange research and ideas on such topics as love, flow, wisdom and well-being.
Wisconsin Man Builds His Dream, a Planetarium in His Backyard
Disappointed when he took some boy scouts to gaze at the stars but clouds quickly obscured them, a Wisconsin man decided to open his own planetarium using the money he earned while working at a local paper mill. Frank Kovac built the planetarium himself -- a huge spherical structure in the backyard -- and painted 5000 stars, each with the correct brightness, resulting in a spectacular replica of the entire northern night sky.
Giant of Medicine Dies at 93: Tribute to a Transplant Pioneer
Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world's first successful organ transplant, died Monday at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed. With that 5½-hour operation in 1954, Dr. Murray and his team saved a life and opened medicine to a new frontier.
Tribute to Sally Ride, First US Woman in Space (1951-2012)
Even though she was well known as a physicist, Sally Ride became famous for being the first American woman astronaut to enter space. A trailblazer at age 32, when the 1983 Challenger mission launched, she also became, and remains, the youngest American to enter space. Ride died peacefully on July 23, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, according to the obituary released by her company, Sally Ride Science, which creates programs to keep preteens and their teachers engaged in science.
With Help of a 'Bionic' Suit, Paralyzed Woman Finishes London Marathon (Video)
A 32-year-old British woman paralyzed from the chest down has finished the London marathon after 16 days of walking with the help of a bionic suit. Although Claire Lomas was not eligible to receive a medal, more than a dozen runners donated theirs, in a touching tribute after an Olympic rowing champion launched a Twitter campaign to get her one.
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.
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.
Temporary Tattoo Device Monitors Blood Glucose Without Needles
California researchers have developed a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level of glucose, a promising step forward in noninvasive testing for patients with diabetes.
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.
Norway Village Basks in Winter Sun for the First Time Using Giant Mirrors
Residents of a remote village nestled in a steep-sided valley in southern Norway are about to enjoy winter sunlight for the first time ever thanks to giant mirrors. The tall mountains that surround the village of Rjukan are high enough to deprive its 3,500 inhabitants of direct sunlight for six months a year.
Photo of the Day - Nigerian Teens Make Urine-Powered Generator
Teenage girls in Africa have entered a science fair in Lagos unveiling a device they invented, a urine-powered generator.
Scientists Find 200 New Frog Species in Madagascar
Scientists have found more than 200 new species of frogs in Madagascar, a discovery that almost doubles the number of known amphibians and illustrates an underestimation of the natural riches that have helped spawn a $390-million-a-year tourism industry.
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