Technology

Carbon Capture And Sequestration Tech Gets Tough New Sensors

Advanced sensors that monitor extreme pressure and temperature in underground caverns  used to store carbon dioxide might be on their way. CO2 emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels has long been an environmental issue, it represents 84 percent of U.S ...

Article - Matthew Van Dusen - Oct 26 2012 - 6:00am

Phosphorus — the Wheel Turns

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Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 25 2012 - 7:32am

Mappy Hour And Sex Clubs: Cartography Is A Lot Cooler Than When I Was Young

OpenStreetMap, an alternative to Google map data, has had a lot of success but can't agree on what direction to go next, say those in the know. An odd problem for people who make maps, right? But at least they are having fun trying.  When I was young ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 31 2012 - 4:38pm

Mendeley User Analysis Shows Open Access Is Critical For Low-Income Countries

The Mendeley collaboration company has published the Global Research Report (http://mnd.ly/global-research-report), an analysis of two million scholars' research activity in relation to economic indicators and research productivity.  ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 1 2012 - 9:30am

Electroactive Polymers- Video Games Get Under Your Skin

ViviTouch is a kind of 'artificial muscle' that seeks to make video games feel more real. The technology behind it is electroactive polymers, developed by Bayer subsidiary Artificial Muscle of Sunnyvale, right up the road from me. It's basic ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 15 2012 - 8:18pm

No More Batteries: Piezoelectric Pacemaker Powered By The Heart

An experimental device converts kinetic energy from beating hearts into electricity than can power a pacemaker, meaning the chance for no more batteries in the future, according to a talk at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. T ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2012 - 7:30pm

Intracranial Probe Is A Pressure Switch Inside The Head

It's election day in America, which means by midnight up to 47 percent of the USA will have tremendous cerebral pressure and a conviction the country is ruined. It's unknown why cerebral pressure in certain people suddenly increases but the conse ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2012 - 11:13am

Feynman’s Flowers- A Citizen Science Project To Unlock The Secrets Of Magnetism

Want to help unlock the secrets of magnetism at the molecular scale without getting a PhD in physics? A citizen science project entitled Feynman’s Flowers lets volunteers from across the world analyze microscope images of individual molecules, which have c ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2012 - 9:29pm

Robot Hysterectomies

In the Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, a case report details a 46-year-old physically fit female with a history of excessive bleeding and benign growths on her uterus. Her surgery was performed through a two inch-long incision in the belly button, the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2012 - 6:53pm

Systems Biology Post-Docs May Have A New Best Friend In...Philip Morris?

When you think of systems biology, you don't ordinarily think of process verification and methodology.Sure, there has been data verification in biology and clinical trials in pharmaceuticals, but best methods and best practices don't really exist ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 5 2014 - 9:17am