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NIH animal study shows dissolvable microneedles trigger body’s own insulin response For millions of people with type 2 diabetes, ongoing vigilance over the amount of sugar, or glucose, in their blood is the key to health. A finger prick before mealtimes and maybe an insulin injection is an uncomfortable but necessary routine. Researchers with NIH’s

It is cheap to make and can be produced in large quantities   A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana is reporting the creation of a “solar paint” that could mark an important milestone on the road to widespread implementation of renewable energy technology. Although the new material is still

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging lays the foundation for treating addiction with transcranial magnetic stimulation In a study investigating the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for drug addiction, researchers at Medical University of South Carolina are the first to demonstrate that the noninvasive brain stimulation technique can dampen brain activity in

Image by Tjeerd via Flickr Technology Review 2010 TR10 – technologies likely to change the world Media Release: Solar fuel. Joule Biotechnologies’ Noubar Afeyan has created genetically engineered microorganisms that can turn sunlight into ethanol or diesel — a feat that could allow biofuels to compete with fossil fuels on both cost and scale .

Magnetic-field detector is 1,000 times more efficient than its predecessors MIT researchers have developed a new, ultrasensitive magnetic-field detector that is 1,000 times more energy-efficient than its predecessors. It could lead to miniaturized, battery-powered devices for medical and materials imaging, contraband detection, and even geological exploration. Magnetic-field detectors, or magnetometers, are already used for all

You can forget about security guards if the Linear Revolving Door (LRD) security portal comes to light. The robotic hallways work like straight revolving doors that move with you as you walk. It has two doors per hallway that momentarily close in front and behind each person coming through. If it detects a bomb or firearm on

Nanoscale “grass” structures also enable smart glass that switches from hazy to clear in presence of water Using nanoscale grass-like structures, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have created glass that lets through a large amount of light while appearing hazy. This is the first time that glass has been made with such high levels

A new centre at the University of Copenhagen and CBS will equip relief aid organisations, authorities, media and politicians to better manage future disasters. By bringing together experts from various disciplines in a Disaster Situation Room, Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research, COPE aims to pool and build on knowledge from various sources on disaster management, and to

A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more   FOR the past few years, a European collaboration called IMPLICC (Implications and Risks of Novel Options to Limit Climate Change) has been looking at what it might mean to engineer the climate, by reducing the amount of sunshine that reaches the Earth’s surface.