Researchers have developed an exoskeleton system that provides personalized support for its user. In healthy volunteers, the optimized exoskeleton reduced energy expenditure during walking b... Read more
Researchers have developed a much needed alternative to bone grafts that could help alleviate the long-term hospitalization, disability, and considerable costs to the health system associate... Read more
Researchers have developed a compound that can transform near-infrared light into broadband white-light, offering a cheap, efficient means to produce visible light. The emitted light is also... Read more
Making our presence known might be dangerous Researchers involved in the search for extra-terrestrial life are considering what the message from Earth should be. The call has been made at th... Read more
UCLA researchers develop device that can do the work of pathology lab microscopes UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or... Read more
“We’re really in the dark when it comes to the ecology of the deep sea,” Technological advances have made the extraction of deep sea mineral and precious metal deposits feasible, and t... Read more
“We may have to get used to winters where spells of weather go on for weeks – or even months” The main system that helps determine the weather over Northern Europe and Nort... Read more
Crowdsourcing systems ease challenges in conference and trip planning If two minds are better than one, what could thousands of minds accomplish? The possibilities are endless — if res... Read more
Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism? Or is it a vital part of a food-secure future? Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large... Read more
Drug may be major advance as malaria has developed resistance to existing treatments Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a... Read more
The result allows natural control of an advanced robotic prosthesis, similarly to the motions of a natural limb. For the first time an operation has been conducted, at Sahlgrenska University... Read more
Studies show, however, that up to 50 percent of hand amputees still do not use their prosthesis regularly due to less than ideal functionality, appearance, and controllability. For an ampute... Read more
When cars drive themselves, what’s the point of everyone stopping? Where we’re going, we don’t need lights. Google, as you may have heard, has built a fleet of cars that can drive themselves... Read more
Failure to pursue a program for recycling spent nuclear fuel has put the U.S. far behind other countries and represents a missed opportunity to enhance the nation’s energy security and... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers in the laboratory of Samuel I. Stupp at Northwestern University have an interesting approach for tackling some major health problems: gather raw materials and... Read more
