micro-motors small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream.
A range of complex surgical operations necessary to treat stroke victims, confront hardened arteries or address blockages in the bloodstream are about to be made safer as researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia’s Monash University put the final touches to the design of micro-motors [...]

I can relate to this study
Individuals with the so-called “warrior gene” display higher levels of aggression in response to provocation, according to new research co-authored by Rose McDermott, professor of political science at Brown University.

An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body’s response to anything it perceives as not ’self’, such as a tissue or organ transplant or implants.

Single Gold Atom Forms The Contact
The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That’s how physicist Marius Trouwborst sums up the results of his PhD research on electric current through atoms and molecules. “The ultimate aim of nanotechnology is to use molecules for electronics,” he says. “That aim has [...]

New Species of Climbing Fish from Remote Venezuela Shakes the Catfish Family Tree
A new species of fish from tropical South America is confirming suspected roots to the loricariid catfish family tree. Lithogenes wahari shares traits with two different families of fish: the bony armor that protects its head and tail, and a grasping pelvic fin [...]

 
 Los Angeles smog
Reducing pollution produces measurable health gains, according to a study released on Wednesday that found cleaner air had lengthened life expectancy by five months in 51 US cities.

 
A new form of carbon ribbon that’s ultra-flexible and super-strong could become the infrastructure for the first working space elevator. Such a structure would usher in a new era in easy space travel.

 
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the world’s first study of human embryonic stem cell therapy, Geron Corp said on Friday.

 
A study out from the American Chemical Society says you should run your water for a while before using it – which goes against everything people say about wasting water – and they blame all the reduced-flush toilets, low-flow showerheads and other water-saving green technologies that’s making our water “stale” while it sits in our [...]

 
 
The Big Three promised to go green as part of their bailout deal. But Ford is starting in small ways, like with a new dashboard for their popular Fusion designed to encourage drivers to become more fuel-efficient by turning driving into a green game.