Technology Mashup

The Economist poses an interesting question on the viability of future cheating techniques based on gene therapy.

"On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance, and of catching them if they try..."

First-of-a-Kind Technology to Help Doctors Care for Premature Babies -

IBM and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) announced today a first-of-a-kind research project to help doctors detect subtle changes in the condition of critically ill premature babies.

[IBM Newsroom]

Not quite sure how velocity of a pointy projective can be adequately tailored with any certainty. Can you imagine the court case - "your Honour, the gun was set to wound and must have been faulty!". Um!

Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets - The technology behind liquid-hydrogen-propelled rockets is being used to make guns that can switched from "wound" to "kill"

 

New 'super-paper' is stronger than cast iron - Using the same plant material found in conventional paper, researchers have created paper that almost matches steel for strength...

 

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

Nanoscope peers beyond the limits of light - A new light microscope can see details half the size of what was previously possible, in colour and in 3D, and could distinguish between active and inactive genes...

 

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

Scientists create stretchable silicon circuits - Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes.

[Printed Electronics News]

Progress at UN biodiversity forum - Nearly 200 countries agree on measures to protect the world's most threatened wildlife at a UN conference.

[BBC Science News]

Is Europe's biotech pipeline empty? - The Business Week recently ran an article supported by data from Standard&Poors about the slim prospects of the European pharmaceutical pipeline...

[Technology Today: Biotechnology]

Increasing concern about silver - Nanosilver is so tiny it can go right to the surface of an organism and essentially shoot ions into the organism, says a research scientist. [Printed Electronics News]

Abuse may trigger gene changes found in suicide victims - In a very disturbing and chilling report on New Scientist it is discussed that childhood abuse seems to affect gene activity in the brain in ways that may increase the risk of suicide...

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

Biotechs new frontiers - Indias biotech companies have two new opportunitiesto help create a second green revolution and to assist the government in the fight against disease. The mood [Technology Today: Biotechnology]

Gene therapy, genetic engineering, gene swops. Lastest research. Animal and human science of genes. How genes are reprogrammed. How scientists use genes to cure disease or create new plants and animals.

Do birds see with quantum eyes? - A quantum trick might be behind birds' ability to navigate using Earth's magnetic field lines, say researchers

Be glad you are not involved in 'field sampling' for this research. It seems like a bizarre project, but anything that can help fight the scourge of drugs in modern society is to be welcomed.

Urban drug habits sniffed out in sewage - Taking samples of sewage reveals which drugs people are using, how much they take and which days of the week they prefer to take them

Science cuts 'hit UK reputation' - An MPs' review of science funding concludes the UK looks like an "incompetent" partner for international projects. [BBC Science News]