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- Writing the book in DNA: Geneticist encodes his book in life's language
- New 'microthrusters' could propel small satellites: As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams
- Cholesterol test with only a photo of patient's hand
- Urine based 'potion' can act as CO2 absorbent
- Computer-simulated knitting goes right down to the yarn
- Spider version of Bigfoot emerges from caves in the Pacific Northwest
- Flu vaccine research: Overcoming 'original sin'
| Writing the book in DNA: Geneticist encodes his book in life's language Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT Using next-generation sequencing technology and a novel strategy to encode 1,000 times the largest data size previously achieved in DNA, a geneticist encodes his book in life's language.  |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device bears little resemblance to today's bulky satellite engines, which are laden with valves, pipes and heavy propellant tanks.  |
| Cholesterol test with only a photo of patient's hand Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT Researchers have developed a total cholesterol test that uses a digital camera to take a snapshot of the back of the patient's hand rather than a blood sample. The image obtained is cropped and compared with images in a database for known cholesterol levels.  |
| Urine based 'potion' can act as CO2 absorbent Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT Absorbing the large quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases present in cities would require millions of tons of some naturally occurring substance. Urine could be the reactive agent. As a resource available across all human societies, it is produced in large quantities and is close to the pollution hubs of large cities.  |
| Computer-simulated knitting goes right down to the yarn Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT A new method for building computer-simulated knitted fabric out of an array of individual stitches has just been developed. The innovation creates a 3-D model of a single stitch and then combine multiple copies into a mesh, like tiles in a mosaic.  |
| Spider version of Bigfoot emerges from caves in the Pacific Northwest Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT The forests of the coastal regions from California to British Columbia are renowned for their unique and ancient animals and plants, such as coast redwoods, tailed frogs, mountain beavers and the legendary Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch). Whereas Bigfoot is probably just fiction, a huge, newly discovered spider is very real.  |
| Flu vaccine research: Overcoming 'original sin' Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:25 AM PDT Scientists studying flu vaccines have identified ways to overcome an obstacle called "original antigenic sin," which can impair immune responses to new flu strains.  |
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