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Keeping your thoughts to yourself may soon be a difficult task, as scientists claim to have developed a new computer programme that can tell what a person is thinking. According to the Stanford University scientists, their invention raises the prospect of infallible lie detector tests while the interpretation of intentions could allow security agencies to

New Process Could Lead to Production of Hydrogen Using Bioengineered Microorganisms Many kinds of algae and cyanobacteria, common water-dwelling microorganisms, are capable of using energy from sunlight to split water molecules and release hydrogen, which holds promise as a clean and carbon-free fuel for the future. One reason this approach hasn’t yet been harnessed for

Researchers repurpose drug to deny drug-resistant fungus of iron, an element crucial to its survival How do you fight a fungal infection that is becoming increasingly resistant to medicine? By starving it, found a team of University at Buffalo and Temple University researchers. To treat Candida albicans, a common yeast that can cause illness in

A University of Maryland-led, multi-organizational team has created the first high-resolution global map of forest extent, loss and gain. This free resource greatly improves the ability to understand human and naturally-induced forest changes and the local to global implications of these changes on environmental, economic and other natural and societal systems, members of the team

New Approach to Making Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Panels Photovoltaic devices, which tap the power of the sun and convert it to electricity, offer a green — and potentially unlimited — alternative to fossil fuel use. So why haven’t solar technologies been more widely adopted? Quite simply, “they’re too expensive,” says Ji-Seon Kim, a senior

Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels is a common strategy for treating a range of conditions such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, and age-related macular degeneration. Unfortunately, drug inefficiency, resistance, and relapse have limited the success of this approach. Now new research publishing online December 12 in the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism reveals that targeting the

Image via Wikipedia Less-invasive robotic surgery for upper airway and digestive track malignant tumors is as effective as other minimally invasive surgical techniques based on patient function and survival, according to University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers. Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas account for about 4 percent of malignant tumors diagnosed in the United

The device, called Active Alarm, detects the alarm and shuts off power to the stove Some very creative young minds took the top prize at one of the state’s most coveted college business idea competitions. More than 2,000 students from 14 college campuses across the state competed in the annual Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, but three

The human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a notorious reputation for its tendency to become inflamed (appendicitis), often resulting in surgical removal. Although it is widely viewed as a vestigial organ with little known function, recent research suggests that the appendix may serve an important purpose.