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Hospitals are synonymous with cleanliness and now Loyola University Health System is the first academic medical center in Illinois to take disinfection to futuristic levels. Nicknamed “Ralph” by the housekeeping staff at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and “little Joe” at Loyola University Medical Center, 3-foot upright cylindrical robots provide the finishing touches to room sanitation. A

Brand has now issued a bold challenge to the very movement he helped create: Can you forsake ideology for the good of the planet?

Turning Germany into a massive energy laboratory As it phases out nuclear power in wake of public outcry, Germany to make largest investment since World War II Spurred by a public outcry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany’s Prime Minister, Angela Merkel, announced last year that Germany would phase out all of its

More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors spread throughout the abdomen. Most patients undergo surgery to remove as many of these tumors as possible, but because some are so small and widespread, it is difficult to

Companies that promote the exchange of rides are joining a wave of so-called collaborative consumption sites The annual ritual of piling into the car for the great American summer road trip has a new twist as more travelers are inviting strangers along for part of the ride. Long-distance travelers as well as commuters are connecting

In the midst of depressing news about the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord and the nuclear renaissance that always seems to be just around the next corner, comes some good news from Europe on the future of clean energy. Scientists at the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in Petten, Netherlands,

The aging process – it’s undignified, unwanted, and many would say unnecessary. After all, the cells in your body are constantly replacing themselves – why can’t they do it without causing progressive degradation of organs that lead to discomfort, weakness and death? Well, perhaps they can. Harvard scientists have discovered that by controlling certain genetic

New Coding Strategy Maximizes Data-Storage Capacity of DNA Molecules Humanity may soon generate more data than hard drives or magnetic tape can handle, a problem that has scientists turning to nature’s age-old solution for information-storage—DNA. In a new study in Science, a pair of researchers at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) show that

Quantum communication systems offer the promise of virtually unbreakable encryption. Unlike classical encryption, which is used to send secure data over networks today and whose security depends on the difficulty of solving mathematical problems like the factoring of large numbers, most quantum encryption schemes keep the encryption key separate from the data. This approach ensures

“It’s an amazing phenomenon.” A team of dentists and scientists from Newcastle University are developing a new product from a marine microbe to protect dentures, teeth and gums from bacteria in the mouth. They are using an enzyme isolated from a marine bacterium Bacillus licheniformis found on the surface of seaweed which they were originally researching for