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The Israeli Scientist Who Is Sniffing Out Cancer
From the article at haaretz.com: Nazareth native Dr. Hossam Haick is one of the world's leading scientists; he explains how he came up with his idea of detecting cancer via breath tests. In March 2010, the French government made Haick a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l'Ordres des Palmes Academiques ), [...]
Meet the miracle cells that might just revolutionise medicine
From iiknowledge.com: Stem cells are cells with the unique potential to become multiple different types of cell within the body. Most of your cells are equipped to accomplish a specific job, whether carrying oxygen in your blood or transmitting messages to and from your brain. These specialists are known as differentiated cells. Stem cells, on [...]
July 12 – September 1 2016 – The 29th Space Studies Program
July 12 - September 1 2016 and hosted by the Technion, Haifa, Israel. The International Space University (ISU) provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the emerging global space community. This 29th Space Studies Program (SSP) is an eight week program that covers the main space related fields. Read more Image Credit: [...]
NASA’s dangerous Juno mission: Unravel Jupiter’s secrets and solve the mysteries of life
From an article by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times via phys.org: Late at night, when the halls around her were empty, Heidi Becker positioned her subject in the crosshairs of an electron-shooting linear accelerator. Along with her companions, she arranged a cartload of heavy lead bricks to make sure the deadly radiation would hit only [...]
Poland signs space partnership deal with China, eyes increased industry cooperation
From Space News : Poland’s space agency POLSA recently signed an agreement with the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA). The two agencies are to cooperate on joint research, monitoring and developing new telecoms solutions. The agreement was signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s official visit to Warsaw in [...]
Seeing RNA at the nanoscale (with video)
Cells contain thousands of messenger RNA molecules, which carry copies of DNA's genetic instructions to the rest of the cell. MIT engineers have now developed a way to visualize these molecules in higher resolution than previously possible in intact tissues, allowing researchers to precisely map the location of RNA throughout cells. Key [...]
Nanoscientists develop the ‘ultimate discovery tool’
From an article in Science Daily: The discovery power of the gene chip is coming to nanotechnology. Researchers have figured out how to make combinatorial libraries of nanoparticles in a very controlled way. Some of the nanoparticle compositions have never been observed before on Earth. The tool they are developing could be used to rapidly [...]
Scientists Develop Injectable Biomaterial with Nanoscale Sponge Particles
From an article written by AZoNano: In an ideal situation, implantable or injectable medical devices are expected to be soft just like the body tissues they correlate with besides being electrically functional and small. Researchers from two UChicago labs are investigating the possibility of producing a material comprising all these three characteristics. The June 27th [...]
Nanotechnology allows all data to be deleted
From Digital Journal: The total removal of digital data is not easily achieved. A new application of electron beams provides a new way of achieving this. Removing information from an electronic device is not easy. While many of us have used devices which have crashed and the data appears irretrievable, often it remains hidden and [...]