A breakthrough antibody treatment conducted in Germany at the German Primate Center has effectively freed all of the monkeys they have treated of HIV. None of the test subjects any longer show any trace of the disease in their bodies. The monkeys have been under treatment for two years and the scientists in charge of …
Two years ago, the American designer Richard Clarkson created something he called a Smart Cloud. It was a ceiling lamp, containing a bluetooth speaker, built to resemble an ominous thunder cloud. It was a huge break from traditional design for such things but the drawback to it was that some of the realistic quality was taken …
A scientist has discovered a new planet that lies beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt that is the first to join our solar system, for the most part, since Pluto was found back in 1930. It is a dwarf planet that scientists declare is roughly the size of Iowa and is about 8.5 million miles from …
Fear, it seems, is likely the number one thing most people are afraid of. But, has science actually discovered a way to physically block fear, and its partner anxiety, out of our lives? A recent study published in the journal, Nature Neuroscience, has concentrated on the part of the human brain called the amygdala. This, apparently, …
China’s gigantic search engine company, Baidu, has recently launched a smartphone app that will actually be able to tell you if you are sick. The app has launched in China and it is expected to be heartily embraced but analysts are not that certain that the English version, and eventual American launch, will be successful. …
An inventor in Japan has designed a wind turbine that will enable the world to harness the devastating power and energy of a typhoon. Inventor and engineer Atsushi Shimizu has done just that. He hopes his new turbine will collect and redistribute the tremendous amount of wind energy provided by a typhoon. Japan is hardly …
Researchers in China have developed the technology to enable a car to be driven strictly by mind control. It is the hope of the research team that it will bring greater flexibility and freedom to disabled people in the near future. The scientists are from Nankai University, a research university located in the city of …
It is called the Energy Observer and it will be the first green powered ocean going vessel to navigate the world using renewable energy produced as it sails along. The boat is currently undergoing its final preparations in Saint Malo, France and the builders hope to launch their around the world cruise sometime early in …
On Wednesday, a former Marine Corps Sergeant, wounded in Afghanistan, received a double arm transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. John Peck, 31, received two arms, provided by an anonymous donor, in a 13 hour operation headed by surgeon Dr. Simon Talbot who is the hospital’s director of upper body transplants. Peck received …
Last week, the source code for a software known as Mirai was released out on the Dark Web. The source code for this software will allow hackers, or anyone, to create what are known as botnets. The botnets will allow hackers everywhere to attack websites, and other electronic devices, through any device that is connected to …