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How would we do it? By using viruses as tiny aestheticians A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases – and possibly even turn back the clock on aging itself. The new finding from the University of

There’s a renewed fervor among education advocates to encourage more students to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Entire economies depend largely on industries that increasingly are in dire need of talent in these very areas. One major hurdle is that many youngsters also tend to see these fields of study as

Bicycle designers had a chance to show the world their ideas earlier this year by taking part in the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010. The online contest was organized by e-zine Designboom and the Seoul Design Foundation, and received entries from 3,078 designers in 88 countries. The ideas included everything from bikes that doubled as

Lithium ion batteries are flammable and the price of the raw material is rising. Are there alternatives? Yes: Empa and ETH Zürich researchers have discovered promising approaches as to how we might produce batteries out of waste graphite and scrap metal. Kostiantyn Kravchyk works in the group of Maksym Kovalenko. This research group is based

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol. Being able to produce syngas sustainably would be a critical step in closing the

Researchers at Lancaster University are racing against time to find smart solutions to the rapidly advancing era of ‘dark silicon’.  We will soon live in an era where perhaps more than 80 per cent of computer processors’ transistors must be powered off  and ‘remain dark’ at any time to prevent the chip from overheating. Hardware

It will now be easier to detect microbes that cause illnesses in the physician’s reception, or to monitor allergens at home. Researchers at have succeeded in developing a durable and affordable nanofibrillar cellulose film platform to support medical testing. New environmentally friendly, reliable nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) platforms are more diverse than plastic films. New film

Providing a cheap, environmentally safe alternative to plastic Web-slinging arachnids already have researchers toiling away looking to replicate the remarkable properties of spider silk. Now spiders, along with their insect and crustacean arthropod cousins, have provided inspiration for a new material that is cheap to produce, biodegradable, and biocompatible. Its creators say the material, dubbed