All posts tagged "science"

Disney researchers demo new ubiquitous wireless power transfer system

Quasistatic Cavity Resonance for Ubiquitous Wireless Power Transfer is Disney's wireless power experiment.

Company poised to generate new satellite images of the entire Earth every day

Current satellite images are often months or in most cases, years old. Planet wants to image the entire Earth daily.

Fitness & Health / Photography / Science

Prototype medical sensor powered by stomach acid

The protype sensor would be a tough pill to swallow (literally) as it's 40mm long by 12mm wide.

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Researchers create algorithm to diagnose depression… via your Instagram feed

Depression is a serious condition that affects nearly 7% of the population in the U.S. alone.

Microsoft / Science / Tech

Excel responsible for conversion errors on 20% of genetic scientific papers

When I read that 20% of all genetic scientific papers include erroneous data due to Excel conversion errors, I honestly thought the...

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AI reads and replicates handwriting, could be used to spot forgery

Handwriting is a very personal expression. This program will replicate your handwriting with relatively good accuracy.

Entertainment / Movies / Science

“Breeding Dory” is not a sequel to Finding Dory, but a scientific breakthrough

Movies, and Disney movies in particular, have a habit of making certain things popular. That isn’t always an issue, since oftentimes there...

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Google / Science / Tech

Google points DeepMind AI at data centers, reduces cooling bill significantly

Since acquiring DeepMind Technologies back in 2014, Google has been having all kinds of fun using AI for various tasks. They’ve recently partnered...

Fitness & Health / Science

NASA turns to Rocky to keep astronauts fit in deep space

Let’s just say right up front that no, Sylvester Stallone will not be a permanent fixture on future space missions, nor will...

HIV mimicking nanoparticles help vaccine production

HIV has posed to be one of the hardest viruses to tackle, thus making it more dangerous and harder to eradicate. This...

The digital psychological disconnect

Post authors Dr. Shoba Sreenivasan and Dr. Linda E. Weinberger are the authors of Psychological Nutrition. Learn more at www.psychologicalnutrition.com. In 2002,...

Earth has picked up its own asteroid quasi-satellite, or minimoon

When you look up into the night sky, you can almost always see our celestial neighbor the moon. That rock in the...

CO2 Emissions Turned To Stone In Icelandic Experiment

Humans produce an incredible amount of carbon dioxide, which, when left unchecked, makes its way into our atmosphere. Icelandic researchers have discovered...

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You Can Apparently Deep Fry Water, But Why Would You Want To?

There’s a saying that tells us necessity is the mother of all invention. I’d take that another step further and say that...

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Fitness & Health / Science

Migraine Photophobia Gets The Green Light

A migraine is an intense throbbing or pulsing sensation in one area of the head, and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting,...

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“Breathalyzer” For Lung Cancer Wins $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

A breathalyzer is usually used in instances where you’ve done something wrong, and a need arises to determine just how far out...

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Nanoparticles: The Next Avenger In The War On Obesity

Nanoparticles are particles that vary in size between 1 and 100 nanometers (1 billionth of a meter). Researchers at MIT (Langer Lab)...

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Zika Virus: A Thermally Stable Structure

Turn on the news as of late and there will undoubtedly be an article here or there about the Zika Virus. The...

Plan for Interstellar Exploration Launched

Decades ago, humanity set its sights on the moon — and now, thanks to the proposal by a team of scientists and...

Birth Control Pills may increase seizures

Birth Control Pill Raises Risk Of Epileptic Seizures

Seizures are a result of a chronic disorder called epilepsy. Many with epilepsy have more than one type of seizure and multiple...

Inherited Gene Alleles Affect Lifespan in Humans

When one thinks of health, we usually consciously or subconsciously associate that with life and death as the ultimate measurement of said...

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HERVs: Human Endogenous Retroviruses

Evolution has a way of reminding us that we were once very strong, or very weak, depending on the circumstances. Our DNA...

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Trioxacarcins: Nature’s Cancer Fighting Superhero

Trioxacarcins are naturally occurring antibiotics that fight cancerous tumors and can serve as a building block towards producing other drugs and therapies....

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