Armed with advanced imaging techniques and a growing knowledge of how the brain works, neuroscientists are increasingly intervening to try to fix everything from severe depression to Parkinson’s disease. The age of engineering the brain has begun.
Quoted: From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society
[tags: health, neuroengineering]
Researchers have improved techniques for spinning fibers of carbon nanotubes: they make the nanotubes align in the fiber, creating fibers as strong as, or stronger than, materials such as Kevlar that are used in bullet-proof vests.
Quoted: From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society
[tags: Nanotech]
Quoted: Termites may provide the biochemical means to a greener biofuel future. The bellies of these tiny beasts harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the conversion of biomass to valuable biofuels.
[tags: Environment, EnergyTechnologies]
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Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, claimed that America’s attempt to intervene overseas by “clearing the decks” with a “quick burst of violent action” had led to “the worst of all worlds”.
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