Clothing With A Brain: 'Smart Fabrics' That Monitor Health

"ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2008) — Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other vital signs. A report on these...

Breakthrough drug 'could halt' Alzheimer's

"(CNN) -- British researchers say a new drug could effectively halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, offering hope to millions. ...

"Worms-Under-Skin" Disease Puzzles Scienists

Is it caused by a bacteria or fungus?To the nearly 10,000 families suffering from the symptoms Morgellons disease, it doesn't matter. The disease, blamed on everything from alien abductions and government...

Green funerals are becoming more popular

While it's still encouraged to live a green life, the concept of a green funeral is slowly becoming more popular as evidenced by a exhibition today in London."Cardboard coffins, shell-shaped urns and fireworks that can be packed with people's ashes were met by smiles at the...

Transparent Concrete: Now you can see through walls!

"Remember the dear little ghost, Casper, who could walk through walls? Now you can too have close to similar powers! Yes, although you will have to wait a while before you can walk through walls, for the time...

10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007

"Bendable Concrete The nickname for Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) is self-explanatory: bendable concrete. Specially coated microscopic polymer fibers slide past each other instead of snapping under stress, so ECC bends without breaking. The material has been used...

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