A Heart from Spare Parts

Roadworthy on a rebuilt title: a functioning heart made from stem cells and the outer body of a donor heart; in this case, a rat's."The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it. Scientists removed all the muscle cells...

New Years Resolution: MuscleBound Made Easy

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYeah, we have all been there, Advertisements since the  1950's showing the typical 98 pound weakling getting sand kicked in their faces at the beach by a muscle...

Civic Lighting Idea Grows To Bear Solar Fruit :: Oblate Spheroid

"Plant an idea and watch the green grow through technology and design.  This last fall in Milan, Italy and Vienna, Austria, a new design in street and plaza lighting was installed with great success. A...

Beyond Ethanol: Alternative Energy Strategies

"Ethanol has been a cornerstone of U.S. energy strategy for decades, but the process of creating ethanol from corn is less energy-efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other "woody" plants. And ethanol is just one part of the alternative-energy mix,...

I'm a Black Man Turning White

His once brown, even complexion is now mottled with pale patches around his eyes and mouth, along his nose and on his ears; his arms, shoulders and chest are speckled and blotched."I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says Thomas, an anchor...

Pink jail cells are in again

Some prisons are painting cellblocks pink because they say it's a calming colour. So is this the same principle as those pinkish sunglasses people wear?  Because those totally work.  I'm serious, my...

Breakthrough lithium battery charges to 90% in just 5 minutes

Toshiba announces a groundbreaking alternative to hydrogen fuel cells......"December 13, 2007 Toshiba have stunned the world with their announcement of what's pretty much the holy grail in Lithium battery technology – the Super Charge ion Battery, which recharges up to 90%...

Judge struck off after jailing 46 in phone row

"A US judge has been removed from the bench after jailing 46 people when a mobile phone began ringing during his court session and no one would own up. The entire courtroom was sent to the cells during a domestic violence hearing when the judge, Robert Restaino, 48, "snapped"...

Ten Ways To Start A Conversation At The Thanksgiving Table :: MAXINE

"After arriving at our Thanksgiving destination this afternoon, we at MAXINE turned on our internet connection and launched to listen to Hugh Hewitt for his drive-time pre-Thanksgiving warm up show. After talking...

Young Slovenian synthetic biologists devise a mutation-independent defense ag...

" HIV-1 virus is one of the most difficult targets for therapy because it hijacks the cells of our immune system and particularly because the virus mutates rapidly, making it drug resistant. Up to 20% of...

More Than Just a Game: Football on Robben Island

Political prisoners, held without trial on South Africa's Robben Island, had created their own football league... following Fifa regulations. The story behind the mini-league and its architects is coming to the...

Laser treatment 'could kill HIV' (and other viruses)

"Lasers could be used to combat viruses and infections like HIV and MRSA without side effects, researchers say.  Current ultraviolet light laser treatments can kill micro-organisms - but cannot be used in...

The Eye(s) Have It! – A Genetic Switch :: Oblate Spheroid

"An enzyme that researchers have isolated leads to replacement therapy procedures for the eye and replacement parts for the eye. In a new study released through the journal, Nature, a nitrogen-bearing molecule is...

Semi-identical twins discovered

"Scientists have revealed details of the world's only known case of "semi-identical" twins. The journal Nature says the twins are identical on their mother's side, but share only half their genes on their father's side. They are the result of two sperm cells fertilising a...

North American Report: Hundreds of Sleeper Cells Among us!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill)  style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...

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