Category: Biological

Researchers kill drug-resistant lung cancer with 50 times less chemo: Cancer drugs packaged in immune bubbles home in directly to tumors without getting sidetracked and destroyed; less chemo with better results

The cancer drug paclitaxel just got more effective. For the first time, researchers have packaged it in containers derived from a patient’s own immune system, >>>

Posted: January 15, 2016 in Biological

MIT researchers aiming to save incandescent bulbs from the grave – Canadian Manufacturing

Century-old technology could be given second life by recapturing wasted heat, making traditional bulbs more energy efficient Source: MIT researchers aiming to save incandescent bulbs >>>

Posted: January 11, 2016 in Gadgetry

Startling new finding: 600 million years ago, a biological mishap changed everything – The Washington Post

“It was a shock,” one of the study’s co-authors said. “If you asked anyone on our team if they thought one mutation was going to >>>

Posted: January 11, 2016 in Biological

The NY Public Library Just Put 187,000 Public Domain Pictures Online

This week, the New York Public Library announced that it has released 187,000+ high-resolution digital images of public domain items in its collection. The Source: >>>

Posted: January 8, 2016 in Free Online Textbooks, Reference

First new sound wave class in half a century to revolutionise stem cell therapy – Factor

A new class of sound wave has been developed for the first time in 50 years that looks set to revolutionise the use of stem >>>

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Biological, Gadgetry

Panasonic Relaunches Iconic Turntable, But is the Vinyl Boom a Bubble? – Fortune

Source: Panasonic Relaunches Iconic Turntable, But is the Vinyl Boom a Bubble? – Fortune

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Entertainment, Gadgetry

SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision – Solar Thermal Magazine

SolarCity announced on December 23 that as a result of the PUC decision, it had to cease solar sales and installation in the state effective immediately. Source: >>>

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Energy, Solar

A single, billion-year-old mutation helped multicellular animals evolve

Source: A single, billion-year-old mutation helped multicellular animals evolve

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Biological

‘Older than Earth itself’: ancient meteorite found at Lake Eyre

A meteorite estimated to be 4.5 billion years old is dug up by Perth researchers from a remote part of Lake Eyre in outback South >>>

Posted: January 6, 2016 in Space

Microsoft may be collecting more data than initially thought – gHacks Tech News

Source: Microsoft may be collecting more data than initially thought – gHacks Tech News

Posted: January 5, 2016 in Computer, Security