Cotton may be a source of protein for humans in the future, as genetic modification has produced plants free of toxins.Cotton is grown by more than 20 million farmers, and accounts for around 40% of the fiber used for making clothing, and its seeds are an excellent source of...
" A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible". Such approaches could be effective, the authors said in their report. ...
A biochemistry and cell biology institute in Shanghai declared that they have succeeded in changing cells from pigs into embryonic-like stem cells.The scientists at the institute claim that the cells were capable...
Members of the South Kingstown High School Robotics team explain the vehicle they made for the MATE ROV 2009 regional competition at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. If you were a participant on one of the teams in...
High on the "wow" factor! Of course, this is a military invention! Israel did it! There are more very interesting articles on this website."George Hunka, 26 March, 2009–A remarkable new invention from Tel aviv University –a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops...
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You have to hand it to them. When the French decide to ally elegance and ergonomics the results are often impressive to say the least. First, here are a couple of figures. The rail network in France is extremely...
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Researchers at McCormick School say they have devised a way to detect and report Internet network problems, by using crowd sourcing network monitoring."Washington, November 25 : Researchers at the McCormick School...
NIST has released its Final Report on WTC 7 and maintains that the 47 story, redundant steel-framed and concrete structure completely collapsed due to office fires causing "thermal expansion" causing the failure of Column 79. Videos of WTC 7 collapsing show what appears to be...
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European stock markets are panicing today as investors learn that Germany, Europe's largest economy, has officially fallen into recession. In morning trading Britain's FTSE 100 was down about 1.3 percent and the...
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Finally some good news..."A team of researchers at Rice University in Houston is working to create a beer that could fight cancer and heart disease. Taylor Stevenson, a member of the six-student research team and a junior at Rice, said the team is using genetic engineering to...
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The first phase of India’s most ambitious railway project since independence has become operational. Although this phase does not yet link the Kashmir Valley to the main Indian Railways network, the...
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Coming soon to your living room; full immersion "virtual reality" extreme sports, action, romance, horror, scifi and shopping"The StarCAVE is a five-sided virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens...
12 Algerian employees of Canadian construction and engineering company, SNC-Lavalin Group, were killed Wednesday after a car bomb exploded near a water treatment facility in Algeria. The explosion is being investigated by local authorities and the company. "A car...
Anaerobic digesters have been on the backburner essentially because of their reliance on animal slurry that has had urban communities turning their nose up at the idea even though welcoming it in principle....
"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted. The technology, called light-emitting...