biology
Google factory raises sterile mosquitos, automated release of a million per week
Posted in Medicine on 17th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
Verily, the life sciences arm of Alphabet, will release about 20 million bacteria-infected sterile mosquitoes upon Fresno, California.
Projecting a visual image directly into the brain, bypassing the eyes
Posted in Science on 16th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
Allowing the blind to see or the paralyzed to feel touch
DARPA Funding Brain-Computer Interfaces For Blindness, Paralysis and Speech Disorders
Posted in Hardware on 12th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
BCIs could allow us to read the thoughts of others and improve our capacity for learning.
Plant life on the international space station is blossoming
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
What happens if you're removed from that familiar environment and placed into a situation outside your evolutionary experience?
Carbon nanotubes found safe for reconnecting damaged neurons
Posted in Science on 7th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
Multiwall carbon nanotubes could safely help repair damaged connections between neurons by serving as supporting scaffolds for growth or as connections between neurons.