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Cyborg insects generate power for their own neural control

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years, researchers have been working on designing and fabricating micro-air-vehicles (MAVs), flying robots the size of small insects. But after realizing how difficult it is to create ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 24 | with audio podcast feature

EBay's tweaks for sellers part of changes to site (Update)

(AP) -- More changes are coming to eBay. The online marketplace operator announced Tuesday that sellers will have new ways of listing items on the site.

Technology / Internet

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Pa. symphony seeks soloist via YouTube contest

(AP) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With the tweak of a gene, we could transform our looks in a few generations

The proportion of people with desirable physical traits could rapidly accelerate over a few generations with the aid of a diet that tweaks particular genes, a study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A therapist in your pocket

Brooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you're depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life

(AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker. For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New drug extends survival in patients with drug-resistant prostate cancer

A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From cancer research to energy storage, Berkeley Lab scientist takes on big challenges

On a typical day, Rizia Bardhan walks through the doors of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry and immerses herself in the tricky business of tweaking optical spectroscopy equipment ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Space Weather Center to add world's first 'ensemble forecasting' capability

Improved Forecasting to Coincide with Peak in Solar Activity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries

Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Pine transformed by modern alchemists

Swiss researchers have given pinewood the hardness and smooth touch of precious wood. L’EPFL+ECAL Lab presents the first objects made of this new material in Helsinki today.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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