A computer constructed from a consortium of live crabs
Posted by admin in Science on 18. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
If biomimicry is the instance of technology emulating nature, then this must be something like the opposite: researchers at Kobe University have built a computer out of crabs. Placed within a geometrically constrained environment, swarms of soldier crabs can be effectively used to emulate logic gates. In other words, researchers have replicated the fundamental workings [...]
Human eggs grown in the lab could produce unlimited supply of humans
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 13. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
The first human eggs grown from human stem cells could be fertilized with human sperm cells later this year, potentially revolutionizing fertility treatment for women. This could be one more step on the path toward reproduction sans human interaction — in this case, a potential parent wouldn’t even need to donate her eggs. But it [...]
Compound found in red wine could help fight obesity
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 10. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana are testing a compound found in red wine that has the ability to block the processes of fat cell development. The research into the compound known as piceatannol may lead towards finding a simple method to combat obesity. Assistant professor Kee-Hong Kim from Purdue University is testing a [...]
Researchers get partial memory control and create "hybrid" memories in mice
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 23. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
A team consisting of researchers from the Scripps Research Institute, the University of Oregon and the University of North Carolina has found a way to partially control a specific memory in mice by turning neurons in their brains on and off. Although the research is in its early stages, the scientists say it could lead [...]
Flying faster than the speed of light could create deadly explosions on arrival
Posted by admin in Science, Space on 14. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
Imagine: you’ve traveled all the way across the galaxy to some faraway, potentially life-embracing planet orbiting a faraway star, only to obliterate your destination upon arrival. It’s a very real threat according to few physicists at the University of Sydney. It turns out that a spacecraft emerging from a so-called Alcubierre warp drive does so [...]
