Endoscopy is already known as a nightmare for most people, and it was about time that technology did something about it. German scientists from the Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik have announced that images of your intestines can now be taken in a more pleasurable manner, and all the patient has to do is to swallow […]

Professors from Princeton worked in collaboration with their friends at the Boston University from Massachusetts to develop a new device that focuses streams of cells in a liquid, and even separate them according to their size.
The discovery can be used to sort out cells from the blood flow that look suspicious, and that could be […]

Xtreme Energetics, a solar energy systems developer from Livermore, California have just reached an agreement with HP to build a system which will generate twice the efficiency of the solar energy and will cost half as much.
According to the agreement, HP will license its transparent transistor technology to Xtreme Energetics in return for a share […]

The classic paper towels you used for cleaning your keyboard after spilling Coke on it are very close to being replaced by something far more advanced and efficient. These Nanomesh Paper Towels can absorb up to 20 times their weight, and so far, they are only made for oil stains.

The recyclable nanomesh towel created at […]

A new energy source was successfully tested by BlackLight Power and is seen as a major breakthrough in the energy industry. America is very likely to be revolutionized by this new method, and be released from the record-setting prices of gas.
The prototype power system is generating on demand 50,000 watts of thermal power and the […]

Although London will host the Olympic Games in four years from now, preparations for the event have already started. Among several projects, they are planning to design a solar powered shuttle for transportation along the Thames River.

The shuttle is viewed as the perfect transportation alternative because Thames is the ideal place in London for capturing […]

Inspired by the US government’s huge investments in the severed fingers regrowing with pig powder field, designer Tim Hawkinson created this finger to terrify the Ace Gallery visitors.

VBLOC is a new implant that works by blocking a nerve that regulates digestion, contributing thus to the weight loss. The clinical experiments were successful, and now the doctors prepare another 300 persons lot to do the next stage of research.

Hua-wei Zhou, a Geosciences professor from Texas Tech University who was going to use 60 seismometers to track mini-quakes at the Three Gorges reservoir, 250 miles east of the Sichuan earthquake epicenter, is now using the devices to study the safety of the dam.
According to him and his team, the tragedy scenario could have been […]

A recent study reveals that carbon nanotubes could be linked to lung cancer and other respiratory problems. Turns out that mice injected with nanotubes of different lenghts developed lung deficiencies and other problems very similar to those caused by asbestos.
It seems that the lining of the lungs is affected by the long nanotubes meant to […]