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A new leaf for carbon dioxide emissions

Editorial Team Aug 1, 2016

To combat the increasing rate of climate change, scientists and policymakers around the world try have focused on the chief culprit: carbon dioxide. Produced by the burning of fossil fuels in power plants and car engines, carbon dioxide…

Medical

Pokémon GO good for your health?: It’s not that farfetch’d

Editorial Team Jul 25, 2016

The smartphone craze Pokémon GO could be an 'innovative solution' to rising obesity levels and chronic disease, leading diabetes researchers believe. Millions of people around the world have started to play Pokémon GO, a virtual reality…

Consumer

Minecraft as research: Project Malmo

Editorial Team Jul 12, 2016

Microsoft has made Project Malmo, a platform that uses the world of Minecraft as a testing ground for advanced AI research, available for novice to experienced programmers on GitHub via an open-source license. The system, which had until…

Featured

Fluorescent imaging measures distance between cancer cells

Editorial Team Jul 12, 2016

According to a study published in Oncotarget, Cancer Research UK scientists have used imaging techniques as a way to identify patients who could benefit from certain breast cancer treatments. The team at King's College London, in…

A&D

VR and AR chinook training for military medics

Editorial Team Jul 12, 2016

A simulator of a Chinook helicopter, bringing together VR and an inflatable enclosure, has been conceived to help to support the future training of the UK Armed Forces' Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). The University of Birmingham's…

Featured

Breakthrough: A lightweight, unpowered, wearable exoskeleton

Editorial Team Jul 11, 2016

When he first envisioned the electroadhesive clutch, Steve Collins made a prototype with a sandwich bag and a couple of pieces of aluminum foil from his kitchen. Since creating that makeshift prototype, he and his research team have…

A&D

3D star formations created by NASA supercomputer

Editorial Team Jul 11, 2016

To create unique star-formation simulations scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are using NASA's most powerful supercomputer, Pleiades. Like something from a video game, the…

Robots

Bio-bots mimic stingray and follow light

Editorial Team Jul 11, 2016

A robotic mimic of a stingray that's powered and guided by light-sensitive rat heart cells has been created by researchers. The work exhibits a new method for building bio-inspired robots by means of tissue engineering. Batoid fish, which…

Featured

Vaccines on ice: Solution for developing countries

Editorial Team Jul 8, 2016

From polio to hepatitis, vaccines against killer diseases are fragile and can easily be made useless if they get too hot or too cold. The problem is particularly acute in the developing countries where nearly one in five of the world's…

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BRIM technique identifies aggressive breast cancer cells

Editorial Team Jul 8, 2016

A technology that can identify aggressive forms of ductal carcinoma in situ, or stage 0 breast cancer, from non-aggressive varieties has been developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. The technique combines imaging and…

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