North Carolina State University keeps is pumping
Scientists at North Carolina State University have developed a new machine that is designed to keep animal hearts beating so that they can be studied for research.
Researchers designed this machine so that they could develop new tools and techniques used for heart surgery. The machine is capable of keeping [...]

Team Italia must have been watching a lot of scifi channel before coming up with this idea
Nearly 40 years after Americans first set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969 with NASA’s historic Apollo 11 flight, a host of private rocketeers are hoping to follow to win a $30 million prize. Here, SPACE.com looks [...]

Isn’t evolution cool
A fundamental but elusive step in the early evolution of life on Earth has been replicated in a laboratory.
Researchers synthesized the basic ingredients of RNA, a molecule from which the simplest self-replicating structures are made. Until now, they couldn’t explain how these ingredients might have formed.

Fiber optic handbag 
Barbara Sears Nelson was first entranced by the potential of fiber optics in fashion in the late 1980s while she worked as a ski instructor in Aspen. But her idea sat on the shelf for 20 years.

Nottage G-1 Pool Table 
“Vitrik.” That’s the name of the patented coating that allows the Nottage G-1 pool table to be a pool table. Made of toughened glass, the table’s surface with the Vitrik coating on it mimics the rolling resistance of felt, meaning that although it looks like you’re just playing on glass, the balls [...]

 
The blur is a visible condensation cloud that often occurs close to the speed of the sound barrier as the B-2 Spirit bomber breaks the sound barrier during a flight over California.
It looks like a fish out of water – but this airborne killing machine is right at home as it soars above the Californian [...]

Meditate your way to a bigger brain 
Push-ups, crunches and gyms are fine for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But can you meditate your way to a bigger brain?
The answer is yes, as a new study has established that certain regions in the brains of those meditating long-term were larger than in a similar group.

 Radaroo Twitter Dating Service
As Twitter helps businesses and people communicate in 140 characters or less, brevity in communication is changing businesses marketing strategies and replacing long, drawn out corporate communications. As Twitter transforms the business world, could it also change the business of online dating, with online matchmaking profiles in 140 characters or less?

Robot Taxi 
Eco Factor: Robotic car powered by electric motors.  With technology advancing at the pace it is today, we’ve to believe that by the end of the century we won’t be driving our cars around the city. Rather, we will just be sitting on the then historic driver’s seat and doing some work. While the [...]

The green movement has always had its share of both winners and losers. Today, we look at a few of the top losers for 2009. Hopefully with such a shameful honor to be bestowed upon them, they will clean-up their act for next year’s round of awards. We can always hope anyway. Let the shaming [...]