Developed by MIT researchers a new nanodevice can help overcome cancer cell drug resistance (after chemotherapy) by first blocking the gene that confers drug resistance, then launching a new chemotherapy attack against the disarmed tumors. Continue reading… “Nanodevice can defeat drug resistance and release cancer drugs”
A new nanostructured material could make it possible to replace bulky lenses and other optical devices with a thin sheet of material such as silicon. Continue reading… “Shrinking cameras and holographic displays with paper-thin lenses”
Jonathan Vaux from Visa says that soon we’re all going to be buying things with our fridge. Continue reading… “Visa: we’re all going to have internet-connected fridges in the future”
San Francisco’s real estate market is insane and here’s definitive proof. Mortgage research site HSH.com has estimated how much salary you need to earn to afford the principal, interest, taxes and insurance payments on a median-priced home in 27 metro areas. Continue reading… “How much you need to earn to buy a home in 27 U.S. cities”
The University of the West of England has developed a prototype toilet that can convert human urine into electricity. They hope this technology can be useful is refugee camps. Continue reading… “UK university unveils electricity generating toilet”
Electric-car-range anxiety is a real thing. No one wants to be stranded with an empty battery. A new tire concept by Goodyear tries to help the problem, a way to charge an electric car while going down the road. Continue reading… “Charging electric cars on the go with heat-gathering concept tire”
This incredible nanoinjector was created at Brigham Young University, is capable of penetrating a cell wall and delivering DNA. Continue reading… “Inserting DNA into cells with amazing nanoinjector”
“Metamaterials” that can be designed to have surprising properties have many physicists abuzz. Continue reading… “Magic ‘metamaterials’ taking physics by storm”
NeuroVigil with it’s iBrain portable neural monitor, high resolution and high throughput software algorithms to seek out changes in neurobiological activity from a single sensor, partnered with the American Senior Housing Association (ASHA) to gather tremendous quantities of new and highly useful data. Continue reading… “Thousands of brains going online”
In early 2012, leading minds from Harvard, Stanford and M.I.T. started three companies to provide Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. They were open to anyone in the world with an Internet connection, no cost, millions of students signed up, and pundits called it a revolution. The technology was supposed to transform higher education. What happened? Continue reading… “Reforming higher education: when online degrees are seen as official”
Researchers have successfully mapped rats’ memories, could humans be next? Continue reading… “Scientists could soon be reading your memories”
Two-thirds of consumers say they would like to try shopping while using the virtual reality system Oculus Rift. Continue reading… “Two out of three consumers would like to shop using Oculus”
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