Flesh Velcro fixes hearts.
Irish Examiner looks into the “biological Velcro” that could soon help repair damaged hearts:
… Read the rest “Flesh Velcro fixes hearts.”Velcro uses two sheets of material, one covered by hooks and the other loops,
Month: August 2015
Science Art: Giant Animals: Modern and Extinct (detail), by Mary McLain
These are prehistoric animals compared to their modern relatives and, for scale, a human. A human who’s interested in what they’re like… except when…… Read the rest “Science Art: Giant Animals: Modern and Extinct (detail), by Mary McLain”
Self-driving trucks – no humans *at all* – on Florida’s roads this year.
Popular Science warns us to slow down by construction sites and watch for self-driving trucks on Florida roads by year’s end:
… Read the rest “Self-driving trucks – no humans *at all* – on Florida’s roads this year.”The rigs, which are part of a Department of Transportation
“Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)
Science magazine has an exclusive report on a fusion group that could change everything. They’ve got a reactor that works better than any power source we’ve seen yet:
… Read the rest ““Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)”A privately
What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?
Nature tries to figure out why we’re not making the headway we should against Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the rest of the tick-borne nasties:
… Read the rest “What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?”[Scott] Williams is testing
A flu vaccine that really works. All the time.
Wired brings up the potential of a universal flu vaccine – and the problems getting one together:
… Read the rest “A flu vaccine that really works. All the time.”Today, independent teams reported in Science and Nature Medicine how they’ve tinkered
Science Art: Jupiter’s Rings by LORRI, 2007.
… Read the rest “Science Art: Jupiter’s Rings by LORRI, 2007.”The New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) snapped this photo of Jupiter’s ring system on February 24, 2007, from a distance of 7.1 million kilometers
SONG: Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)
SONG: “Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE:Based on “NASA Windbots Could Explore Gas Giant Jupiter”, Sky News, 24 July 2015, as used … Read the rest “SONG: Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)”
Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.
Nature reports that, in the face of extinction, frogs have a way to adapt to pesticides – a little:
… Read the rest “Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.”Several species of frogs can quickly switch on genetic resistance to a group of commonly
Sea monster found off Sweden – and archaeologists are thrilled.
Denmark’s The Local shares the excitement of discovering a 400-year-old dragon – a figurehead from a Danish ship – that has been hidden in the sea since the 1500s:
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Whistled language is right-brained.
German researchers, as disclosed in Science Daily, have found a singularly creative language – a form of whistled Turkish that, unlike any other language on Earth, is not processed… Read the rest “Whistled language is right-brained.”
City grime “breathes out” pollution
BBC reveals a dirty secret about our sooty cities – the grunge doesn’t trap air pollution – it creates it:
… Read the rest “City grime “breathes out” pollution”In rooftop experiments in Germany, the researchers tracked
Life on Mars, and not too long ago.
The Denver Post‘s (ahem) “nerd blog” has some interesting things to say about the planet next door – which, University of Colorado researchers believe, might… Read the rest “Life on Mars, and not too long ago.”
Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan
Three names for one little fish. And those are just the beginning.
I found this one on the Scientific Illustration tumblog, which quoted Wikipedia on the doree (etc.):
… Read the rest “Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan”John Dory, St Pierre
Tapping the power of DNA electronics: recharge the battery by touching it.
Science Daily introduces a new way to recharge your battery – take this flexible, biodegradable device and power it up by touching it:
… Read the rest “Tapping the power of DNA electronics: recharge the battery by touching it.”Many people may not realize it, but the movements