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The next generation of communications systems could be built with a sewing machine. To make communications devices more reliable, Ohio State University researchers are finding ways to incorporate radio antennas directly into clothing, using plastic film and metallic thread. In the current issue of the journal IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, they report a

Social Entrepreneurship   In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact. By harnessing the power of the web and digital technology, these companies have built a way for companies to commit to charity, made electric cars affordable

Salk research focuses on the development of compounds that may protect against the diseases of aging, such as Alzheimer’s Old age is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and cancer. Geroprotectors are a recently identified class of anti-aging compounds. New Salk research has now identified a unique subclass of these

Simultaneous translation by computer is getting closer IN “STAR TREK”, a television series of the 1960s, no matter how far across the universe the Starship Enterprise travelled, any aliens it encountered would converse in fluent Californian English. It was explained that Captain Kirk and his crew wore tiny, computerised Universal Translators that could scan alien brainwaves and

Rice, Indian Institute researchers use cryo-mill to turn circuit boards into separated powders Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust. Specifically, they want to make the particles so small that separating different components is relatively simple compared with processes used

Could lead to an uncomplicated and low-cost method with high production volume   The advantages of printed electronics and semiconducting carbon nanotubes have been combined for display electronics for the first time. Researchers at Aneeve Nanotechnologies, a startup company at UCLA, have used inkjet printing to fabricate the first fully printed carbon nanotube–based circuit for

Cellular time machine’ could eventually benefit humans, too UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine — turning back the clock on a key component of aging. In a study on middle-aged fruit flies, the researchers substantially improved the animals’ health while significantly slowing their aging. They believe the technique

    Some of the world’s largest banks plan to cut credit for companies that rely on but fail to value forests, water and other natural resources It is not easy to put a value on an intact forest, a clean river, or unpolluted air, but that is what a group of the world’s biggest