New Invention Reveals Cells, Signaling Pathways in Living Brains

Two Americans, Karel Svoboda and David Tank, and two Germans, Winfried Denk and Arthur Konnerth, shared this year’s $1 million Brain Prize, neuroscience’s equivalent of a Nobel Prize, for revolutionizing the study of the brain.…

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Major Powers Investing in New Super Aircraft Carriers

IndustryTap has reported on the UK’s new $8.3 billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the United State’s USS Gerald R. Ford that was built for $14 billion, and a Sunken Aircraft Carrier reef that pumps $92 million a…

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Gigantic Solar Furnace in Uzbekistan Melts Metal

Concentrated solar power has the potential to generate immense energy. In fact, solar furnaces can produce temperatures high enough to melt metal. A large curved mirror or an array of mirrors is used in a…

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Scientists Seek to Revive Extinct Mammoth by Inserting Its Genes Into Elephant DNA

Woolly mammoth—a giant, hairy elephant-like beast roughly the size of a modern African elephant went extinct thousands of years ago. The mammoth was roughly 11ft tall and weighed about seven tons. They had long hair and…

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Say Goodbye to Hangovers! Scientists Use Genome Knife to Reduce Side Effects of Wine

That pounding headache and nausea after a night of binge drinking could finally become a thing of the past. Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered the key to making hangover-free wine. They have…

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Should Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles Be Modernized?

Current negotiations between Iran and P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States plus Germany), and Israel’s opposition to the draft agreement, remind us of how serious the issue of nuclear weapons remains…

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Portland Water Pipelines Produce Renewable Energy Around the Clock

In a first-of-its-kind smart hydroelectric power generation, people in Portland, Oregon will have the power for their homes from the same water that they drink. In a joint venture, Portland-based smart water management technology firm…

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This Lazzarini Luxury Mini Yacht is Capable of Cruising at 50 Knots!

Italian design studio Lazzarini recently presented Jet Capsule Reptile – a compact luxury yacht that provides comfort without sacrificing speed and maneuverability on the water. Jet Capsule Reptile is a smaller, lighter, faster and more…

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Finding “Eggs-Actly” The Best Formula For The Most Colorful Easter Eggs… Hint: Vinegar!

Here comes Peter Cottontail with his baskets full of Easter joy, which may or may not contain chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps but always contain some sort of Easter egg. If you are a parent…

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VeinViewer Means No More Poking People Relentlessly to Locate Veins

If you are scared of the needle because you have difficult-to-locate veins, there is some good news for you. To keep the guesswork out of injections, a Memphis-based company Christie Medical Holdings, has designed a…

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