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Microbes enlisted to capture uranium

Microbes enlisted to capture uraniumGrrrThe greatest harm done to humanity in my opinion is the junk science idea that ANY level of radiation exposure is toxic. It's patently false and yet the hysteria of it has so gripped the human psyche that we are freaking paralyzed, rooted in a pool...

Tags: Microbes, uranium

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

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Robo-furniture eats household pests

Robotic furniture that eat vermin, like mice and flies, are a part of a design project at the Royal College of Art, London. Designer James Auger is exploring a new breed of domestic robots that he says can sit comfortably at an intersection of products and...

Tags: Robo-furniture, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-27

Twenty years after major eco-disaster: not fully recovered

It's been twenty years since the Exxon Valdez dumped 40 million litres in Port William Sound PWS, Alaska. Just now Exxon is finally paying out its fines to the residents of the area. As long as much of the world in dependent on oil,...

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Spill, Trustee Council, Tools & Techniques, Web Site Development, Strategy, Management, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Is dirt the new new thing?

Is dirt the new new thing?This is just sillyYou know, what doesn't kill you is probably taking its time by slowly giving you cancer.Even if it does make you stronger, it doesn't mean it will make someone else stronger. Believe it or not, exposure to pathogens can actually weaken...

Tags: Vertical industries, dirt, new new thing, new thing

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

News to know: Microsoft's killer instinct; Google's blunder; Palm OS; Windows 7;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Jason Perlow: Why Microsoft's Killer Instinct Must Return Ryan Naraine: Google flags entire Web as 'malware' Google blames 'human error' for search...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, Operating System, Palm OS, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Friendly microbes doing our dirty work

A Canadian research team has found an effective way to monitor the anti-polution work being done by soil microbes. Turns out the microbes prefer thelighter carbon 12 isotope over the heavier carbon 13. Tracking the shifting carbon isotope balance in contaminated soil is a good way to monitor...

Tags: Soil, Carbon, Monitors & Displays, Strategy, Hardware, Components, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Small differences can make a BIG difference

I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....

Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Our urine shows where we live

It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...

Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Laby 1.1.6 (Mobile)

The goal of the game is to eliminate all the microbes by guiding the globule through the labyrinth then guide it to the exit. To eliminate the microbes, follow the prescriptions. Displacements are done with the pen, the jog-dial, the 5-way selector, the buttons up/down and phone/todo. You can return...

Tags: Labyrinth, Mobile, Pierre-Yves Tavernier, Displacements, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-03-24

Nanoemulsion vaccines effective against HIV?

Nanoemulsions are non-toxic lipid droplets approved for human consumption and common food substances that are defined as 'Generally Recognized as Safe' GRAS by the FDA. But they also can be used for medical applications. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed nasal nanoemulsion vaccines for influenza which were successfully...

Tags: Vaccine, Particle, HIV, Nanoemulsions, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-28

News to know: Working with Android; XP activation; Google Talk woe; Apple

Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: Getting started with Android Ed Bott: Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3 Mary Jo Foley: There's still a lot of life left in desktop office suite. Microsoft releases CRM 4.0 to manufacturing just under the...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Printers, Business Intelligence, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Oil-eating microbes produce green energy

It is estimated that oil sands -- or bituminous sands -- represent two thirds of the world's oil reserves. Still, it's expensive and difficult to extract oil from these sands. Even with today's crude oil prices, the industry is still looking for cheaper ways to produce energy from the so-called...

Tags: Oil, Carbon Dioxide, University Of Calgary, Hydrogen, Energy, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Conversations between bacteria

Did you know that bacteria 'talked' with each other by using small molecules to coordinate their behavior and decide when it's a good time to infect you? A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how UK researchers are working toward a Rosetta stone for microbes' secret language (scroll...

Tags: Bacteria, Molecule, Biotechnology, Web Site Development, Productivity, Security, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get richNovel AntibioticsMRSA is a real problem. I work in a microbiology lab with a researcher who takes a particular interest in novel antibiotics, and have taken quite an interest in these little critters. I have learned alot from him but...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, global warming, MRSA, antibiotic, bacteria, ear infection

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Best guess: Paul Allen's Telescope Array won't find any aliens: because there are no aliens to find

If you want to talk about the ultimate broadband communications over distances, you would have to cite radio telescopes that are tuned in to listen to signals from alien civilizations. Last week at someplace called Hat Creek, Calif., Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen attended the unveiling and activation...

Tags: Earth, Paul Allen, Radio, Alien, Radio Dishe, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Churchill Club: 9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends

The Churchill Club held its "9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate" at the San Jose Fairmont last week. Four of the the top venture investors gave their predictions gave their predictions on the top tech trends emerging over the next few years. The event was moderated by Tony Perkins,...

Tags: Steve Jurvetson, Memory, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Marketing, Networking, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Microbop 1 (Windows)

You are the pilot of a microscopic, jet-powered vacuum cleaner. Your mission: to sanitize the surfaces of various everyday objects by sucking up the microbes infesting them. Features: colorful 3D environments, keyboard or gamepad play, tutorial mission to quickly train you to play, over 20 different levels, and play for...

Tags: Mission, Gigaplay, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-03-30

The mystery of vitamin B12 finally solved

You probably think that scientists know everything about the common and essential vitamin B12, the only vitamin synthesized by soil microbes. In fact, one part of this biosynthesis has puzzled researchers for at least 50 years. But now, MIT and Harvard biologists have solved this vitamin puzzle by discovering that...

Tags: vitamin, B12

Blog posts 2007-03-25

NASA's Mars life-detector

With the financial help of NASA, American and European researchers have developed a new sensor to check for life on Mars. It also should be able to determine if traces of lifes molecular building blocks have been produced by anything alive. The device has already been tested in the Atacama...

Tags: Harold Urey, life-detector, NASA

Blog posts 2007-03-11

Bacteria to protect against quakes

If you live near the sea, chances are high that your home is built over sandy soil. And if an earthquake strikes, deep and sandy soils can turn to liquid, with some disastrous consequences for the buildings sitting on them. But now, U.S. researchers have found a way to use...

Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment, Science &, Nature

Blog posts 2007-02-25