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Stem Cell Research Made Safer with Latest Disco...

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
The discovery could have a significant impact on the future use of stem cells in regenerative medicine More>>>
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Technology

The Origin of Artificial Species: Creating Arti...

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago
Recently, a team of researchers has designed computer-coded genomes for artificial creatures in which a specific personality is encoded. The ability to give artificial life forms their own individual personalities could not only improve the natura... More>>>
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Social_issues

Robot Warrior Ethical Guide in the Works

(http://dsc.discovery.com) - scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 4 years ago
Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, is in the first stages of developing an "ethical governor," a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. His book on the subject, "Governi... More>>>
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Biotechnology

Gene Transfer Offers HIV Hope

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago
A new approach protects monkeys from a virus that closely resembles HIV. More>>>
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Healing the Heart with Bone-Marrow Cells

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago
Injecting the hearts of angina sufferers with cells extracted from their own bone marrow can reverse the condition and relieve its symptoms, a new study suggests. More>>>
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Technology

Waterproof OLED displays

(http://www.engadget.com) - scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 4 years ago
Details are about as light as can be on this one, but it looks like Japan's Ito Electronics has developed some sort of special "packaging technology" that can make OLED displays fully waterproof, which could be particularly used for watc... More>>>
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Medicine_health

Study: personalized drugs may lengthen cancer s...

(http://www.world-science.net) - scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 4 years ago
A pri­vate com­pa­ny’s “ge­netic pro­files” of in­di­vid­ual can­cer pa­tients in a study helped cre­ate per­son­al­ized treat­ments that helped them sur­vive long­er, ac­cord­ing to re­search­ers. The stu­dy, re­leased jointly by health­care o... More>>>
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Latvia Could Be Filing Bankruptcy in 6 Months

(http://www.google.com) - scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 4 years ago
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has warned that Latvia may face bankruptcy if it fails to obtain the next round of IMF bailout funds by June. To hit the IMF targets necessary to release the funds, Latvia must cut an additional 40% of public sec... More>>>
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Government

Military to Focus on Cybersecurity

(http://online.wsj.com) - scanned by: Marc Cobb over 4 years ago
A new Obama initiative is in the works to increase the government's efforts to protect the nation's cyber boarders. The move comes amid growing evidence that sophisticated cyberspies are attacking the U.S. electric grid and key defense programs. More>>>
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How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and ...

(http://online.wsj.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
There is great promise and opportunity in the digital-books revolution. The question is: Will we recognize the book itself when that revolution has run its course? More>>>
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Technology

'Racetrack' computer memory could be 100 times ...

(http://www.montrealgazette.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
Soon your computer and electronic gadgets could be much smaller, faster, cheaper, more reliable and even greener thanks to a new form of computer memory technology called racetrack. More>>>
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iRobot vs. ASIMO

(http://www.zygbotics.com) - scanned by: zygbot over 4 years ago
The deep philosophical rift between the U.S. and Japan on the humanoid robotics question came to light recently in an interview by CNET with iRobot CEO Colin Angle, whose company ostensibly represents the epicenter of commercial robotics in the Un... More>>>
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