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Titanium dioxide is really rather useful Last week that giant multinational of aluminum production Alcoa announced its new “smog-eating” architectural panels – in other words cladding stuck to a building’s exterior that can remove pollutants from the surrounding air. The aluminum panels, branded Reynobond with EcoClean technology, have a titanium dioxide coating which breaks down

For the reactors used in the manufacture of LED’s there are more promising materials than the ones currently in use, the researchers point out. There are many new possibilities for the development of gallium nitride (GaN) used in the production LEDs. One of the most promising production methods of gallium nitride is the ammonothermal method

Couples to enroll in yearlong study of pregnancy prevention; UW School of Medicine is one of 3 U.S. clinical sites Three U.S. sites are enrolling couples in the first clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a gel for men to prevent unintended pregnancy. (Trial subjects’ criteria and investigators’ contact info at clinicaltrials.gov) Today’s launch

In a small and preliminary clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators have shown that an experimental gene therapy that uses viruses to introduce a therapeutic gene into the eye is safe and that it may be effective in preserving the vision of people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a leading

Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share. via Ted.comm

Scientists at the United Technologies Research Center and UConn are using advanced additive manufacturing technology to create ‘smart’ machine components that alert users when they are damaged or worn. The researchers also applied a variation of the technology to create polymer-bonded magnets with intricate geometries and arbitrary shapes, opening up new possibilities for manufacturing and product design. This changes

Light can transmit more data while consuming far less power than electricity, and an engineering feat brings optical data transport closer to replacing wires. Stanford electrical engineer Jelena Vuckovic wants to make computers faster and more efficient by reinventing how they send data back and forth between chips, where the work is done. In computers

Developed eco-friendly, low-cost, and high-efficiency wastewater processing catalyst made from agricultural byproduct Developed eco-friendly, low-cost, and high-efficiency wastewater processing catalyst made from agricultural byproduct, and high efficiency and removal rate achieved through application of ultrasound stimulation, leading to high expectation for the development of an environmental hormone removal system The research team of Dr. Jae-woo

Stem Cell Researchers Create Lung Surface Tissue in a Dish Harvard stem cell researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have taken a critical step in making possible the discovery in the relatively near future of a drug to control cystic fibrosis (CF), a fatal lung disease that claims about 500 lives each year, with 1,000

  KLM To Allow Passengers To Pick Plane Neighbors Based On Facebook, LinkedIn Data As we all begin to look forward to the interactive section of South By South West in March, PSFK has identified five key trends that readers should be monitoring during the festival. One of these trends, we have coined ‘Social-Pairing.’ People