Technology
- Are Insects The Future Of Food?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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