Feb 17
“OK Glass, show me an X-ray.” Surgeons at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital are turning to Glass to summon patient records and more, with the hospital the first to use … Continue reading
Feb 17
You won’t be able to catch your supper with this fishing rod—because at just 6 millimetres long, it’s designed to catch and kill cancers before they aggressively attack the brain.
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Feb 14
The news that measles might be spreading through San Francisco’s BART network not only triggered a warning from the transit authority itself, it is also a particularly alarming reminder that public transportation can be, well, disgusting. Winter’s runny noses, summer’s sweat, spring’s sneezing allergies—it doesn’t really matter the season. When you ride the bus or subway, often the last thing you want to do is touch the straps or hang on. Could a new line of clothing help protect you from the germs?
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Feb 14
Why Do We Get Headaches?
Posted in: Today's ChiliFrom dull tension headaches to crippling migraines, sometimes your cranium can feel crippled. But what causes all those headaches?
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Feb 13
By now, you’ve probably heard of the miracle that is the fecal transplant
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Feb 12
Man, graphene is shaping up to be a real wonder-material (if it can make it out of the lab
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Feb 11
Cancer surgery is tough. Even with high-powered microscopes, surgeons have a very difficult time distinguishing cancer cells from healthy cells. But these new glasses developed by Washington University, St. Louis could change all that.
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Feb 10
Brain-bender alert! For the first time ever, scientists have managed to insert nanomotors into living cells. Once inside, the gold, rocket-shaped motors were propelled with ultrasonic waves and steered with magnets. Because we now live in a scene from Fantastic Voyage.
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Feb 10
The human body is just a bunch of humble biological compounds, strung together to form cells and, ultimately, you. So how the hell does it create electricity?
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Feb 10
NASA and Houston-based company GRoK Technologies will work on the development of new "breakthrough products," noninvasive medical technologies designed to "regenerate bone and muscle tissues." It really sounds like something out of Star Trek, but "it’s not just sci-fi anymore."
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