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Antibacterial paint is on the horizon

Antibacterial paint is on the horizonSounds good butwill it just be churning out more resistant bacteria?Probably notThe action of silver on bacteria is quite different from the action of anti-bacterial medical agents on bacteria. I'd compare it to mercury. I don't think people are going to become immune to mercury...

Tags: Real estate, bacteria, Antibacterial, mercury

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

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See the demo of Windows 7 multi-touch

See the demo of Windows 7 multi-touchOld news Mary Jo....My rep has given me alpha access to a Touch Wall in my palatial office. The walls were installed and loaded with the latest code. Pretty quickly I was using the walls like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, moving around servers...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Keyboards, wall, Windows 7 multi-touch, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Antibacterial paint is on the horizon

Using a method similar to how the body breaks down fats, scientists have found a way to cheaply create silver nanoparticles for use in antibacterial paints. The really important point, according to Rice post-doc Ashavani Kumar, is we now have a general method for producing nano-particle dispersions....

Tags: Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Aromatherapy (exe)

Aromatherapy software is an educational program which allows you to be more of a participant, gain more control of body and mind, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Aromatherapy software includes the following main sections: essential oils, indications, safety, and aromatherapy base oils. Aromatherapy lists aromatic oils and indications. Included are...

Tags: Safety, Indication, Aromatherapy, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management

Software downloads 2007-10-08

Chocolate toothpaste?

According to a short article from Tulane University Magazine, chocolate toothpaste is better than fluoride. This article doesn't offer lots of details, but has been widely taken up online. It simply states that a researcher found that an extract of cocoa powder "whose chemical makeup is similar to caffeine, helps...

Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Health &, Medicine

Blog posts 2007-05-25

USDA approves rice producing human proteins

This is not the first time that a food crop designed to produce future drugs is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA, but it's one of the first food crops containing genes that produce human proteins according to Nature. The USDA justified its decision by saying that...

Tags: Science &, Nature, Health &, Medicine, Energy &, Environment

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Nanotechnology on the catwalk

This event didnt take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. Its now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-05-03