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MIT student develops new innovations to selectively kill cancer cells

When it comes to solving complex problems, Geoffrey von Maltzahn, MIT graduate student and biomedical engineer, looks to nature for solutions. Finding inspiration in systems that evolution has produced, von ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 5




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Physics to tackle how food is cooked in future

In this month's Physics World, Sidney Perkowitz, Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus at Emory University, explains how applied physics led to the innovation of flameless cooking in the late 19th century and addresses the ch ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Google project's success is up to Kansas City

Kansas City, beware the story of Vilnius.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Final test version of Windows 8 released (Update)

Microsoft on Thursday released the final test version of its next-generation Windows software crafted to power devices ranging from tablets to desktop computers.

Technology / Software

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Google files patent claim against Microsoft, Nokia (Update)

(AP) — Google lashed out at Microsoft and Nokia in a regulatory complaint, accusing them of illegally feeding mobile patents to a technology troll scavenging for billions of dollars in licensing fees that threaten to ...

Technology / Business

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Shedding light on complex mathematical group theories

EU researchers contributed important knowledge to the field of modular representation theory in the form of proofs and pioneering analyzes.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook

NASA's next flagship mission — the James Webb Space Telescope — will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft sees 'rebirth' with new Windows 8 system

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 series -- featuring an upgraded cloud computing service -- marks a "rebirth" of its operating systems, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 14

Strategy discovered to activate genes that suppress tumors and inhibit cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of scientists has developed a promising new strategy for "reactivating" genes that cause cancer tumors to shrink and die. The researchers hope that their discovery will aid in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut?

(AP) -- Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business writers are debating whether the stock is a smart buy.

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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