University of Pennsylvania

  This may enable the construction of “microdevices”   Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have conducted initial testing of a new “smart” plastic material which may bring about new uses in medicine for near-infrared (NIR) light. According to early experiments, the plastic material will break down into non-toxic particles in response

Our policy makers are right to worry, but they are worried about the wrong things. American policy makers worry about the dramatic increases in the number of academic papers being published and patents being filed by Chinese researchers. They believe that these will give China a formidable competitive advantage when it comes to innovation. After

Radiation therapy often is used to treat cancer patients. Now, doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that radiation therapy — aimed directly at the heart — can be used to treat patients with a life-threatening heart rhythm. They treated five patients who had irregular heart rhythms, called ventricular tachycardia,

There are no garbage trucks equipped to leave the atmosphere and pick up debris floating around the Earth. But what if we could send a robot to do the job? Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working on adhesive gripping tools that could grapple objects such as orbital debris or defunct

“When we announced the Roadster, the skeptics said we would never get over 200 miles,” he said. The Roadster has an official range of 244 miles.

Altec Lansing has come to the rescue of music lovers who like the idea of streaming music wirelessly around the home, but can’t afford to invest in systems from Olive or Sonos, or who don’t want to be shackled to Apple Air or iOS devices. The inMotion Air universal wireless speaker can pump out any audio stored

New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits chemotherapy side effects Chemotherapeutic drugs excel at fighting cancer, but they’re not so efficient at getting where they need to go. They often interact with blood, bone marrow and other healthy bodily systems. This dilutes the drugs and causes unwanted

Starting right now, every microprocessor that Intel ships will be made entirely with conflict-free minerals. Just six months into his role as CEO of Intel, Brian Krzanich announced today that the electronics giant hit a momentous goal in the world of corporate social responsibility: Starting right now, every microprocessor that Intel ships will be made

Technological innovations can be helpful, but they won’t solve our fundamental problems. For that, we will need social innovations. The explosive rise and global impact of technological innovation has persuaded us that technology is the ultimate solution to all our problems. This assumption is rarely questioned; it has become like the air, unseen and unexamined.