Technology

Are Insects The Future Of Food?

At first my meal seems familiar, like countless other dishes I’ve eaten at Asian restaurants. A swirl of noodles slicked with oil and studded with shredded chicken, the aroma of ginger and garlic, a few wilting chives placed on the plate as a final flouri ...

Article - Mosaic Science - Apr 27 2015 - 8:00am

LAWS And The Autonomy Of Killer Robots

The future of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) – often referred to in the popular press as “killer robots” – remains uncertain following a week-long meeting in Geneva to discuss their legality. While the LAWS debate in Geneva was deeper and richer ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 26 2015 - 8:00am

Autonomous Self-Powered Liquid Metal Vehicles: Cue Rise Of The Machines Music

Autonomous locomotion for a macroscopic liquid metal machine has been made self-actuated when fueled with aluminum (Al) flake and now a much larger liquid metal machine has been made possible. It can autonomously move and accelerate with an increase in te ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 8:39am

Where Are We At On 5G Mobile Progress?

Automated organization, multi-RAT and multi-layer heterogeneous networks are being listed in mobile of 2020, at least by the kinds of committees that brought us bluetooth 7 years late. It's the 5G era, what vendors say will be the first meaningful un ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2015 - 9:09am

Endogenous Material For Artificial Blood Vessels

Blocked blood vessels can quickly become dangerous so it's often necessary to replace them, either by another vessel taken from the body or with artificial vascular prostheses. A new project has developed artificial blood vessels made from a special ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 10:04pm

Transforming All Blood Donations Into Universal Type O

Every day, thousands of people need donated blood but blood transfusions require that the blood type of the donor match that of the recipient., unless it is blood without A- or B-type antigens, such as type O, that can be given to all of those in need. Mi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 10:07am

High-Speed Camera- 1 Trillion Frames Per Second

When a crystal lattice is excited by a laser pulse, waves of jostling atoms can travel through the material at about 28,000 miles/second, close to one sixth the speed of light. Now researchers can take movies of such superfast movement. STAMP- Sequentially ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 1:34pm

How Accurate Is US Patient Outcome Health Data?

A new study concludes that most U.S. clinical registries that collect data on patient outcomes are substandard and lack critical features necessary to render the information they collect useful. A paper in the Journal for Healthcare Quality reveals poor d ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2015 - 8:30am

Highly Efficient CRISPR Knock-In In Mouse

Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas system has enabled direct modification of the mouse genome in fertilized mouse eggs, leading to rapid, convenient, and efficient one-step production of knockout mice without embryonic stem cells. In contrast to the ease of ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 9:01am

New Gene Editing Tools Renew Debate Over Germline Alteration

Recent evidence demonstrating the feasibility of using novel CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to make targeted changes in the DNA of human embryos is forcing researchers, clinicians, and ethicists to revisit the highly controversial issue of altering t ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2015 - 8:00am