In Other Types Of Plant Cells
Ordinary cells have the ability to replace lost organs in plants—a function previously thought to be limited to stem cells—researchers at New York University’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and Utrecht University in the Netherlands have found.

Robo Cute
He’s red and he cleans. What more could you want for Valentine’s Day?

 
Hormonal women are more responsive to manly men, says a study by Kinsey Institute researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington.

 
The world is heading toward “water bankruptcy” as demand for the precious commodity outstrips high population growth, a new report warned on Friday.

 
 Phone booth aquarium
As phone booths continue down their inexorable path to extinction, artists think of other, more aesthetically pleasing ways to use the endangered glass cubicles. “Why not just install a soothing, blood-pressure-lowering aquarium inside that ugly old phone booth,” French artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino might have said. And that’s just what they [...]

 
 
High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future.

TechnoJelly
Fester AG is a global company that specializes in automation technology. In December, the company won two very prestigious Good Design Awards in robotics and bionics from the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture, Art Designand Urban Studies. Fester’s award winners were the AquaJelly and the AirJelly, both [...]

Robots are sweet
DVICE’s Steampunk Cylon contest is in full swing – thanks to everybody who’scontributed so far! Even though the contest is open only to residents of the U.S., anyone can send us a Steampunk Cylon design; you can’t win the contest, but you can still get featured on DVICE.

 
Its not fireproof but fire cool
Fire safety and prevention is some pretty serious business – something small can turn into something big rather quickly. Along those lines designer Sigrun Vik, a student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, is operating under an interesting assumption: We don’t use (or know how to use) our [...]

 
 Mercedes offers more protection with pelvic airbag
Side impact air bags have undoubtedly saved many lives. They were specifically designed to protect the torso from impacting the crinkle zone of the door and in some cases, they can extend all the way down to the knee. Mercedes has put a new twist on the side impact [...]

 
Shocking
As a former cat owner, the idea of using anything with the words “high voltage” emblazoned across the box near my pet gives me pause.