Advancements and Breakthroughs
This is a catch-all list of recent advancements, discoveries, and breakthroughs in technology, science, medical, etc.
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Hopes rise for new cancer treatment after tests with electromagnetismScientists have used low-intensity electromagnetic fields to treat cancer patients in trials which they say could lead to the development...
Clothes Clean Themselves Using Only SunshineScientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have come up with a unique cotton material that can clean itself when left under o...
Scientists create graphene electronic mixerResearchers at Sweden's Chalmers University have walked away from their massage tables having pummelled out a CMOS compatible graphene ba...
Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes noticeCanadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Researchers at the University ...
New particle indentified at LHCThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the Franco-Swiss border has made its first clear observation of a new particle since opening in 2009. ...
Bio battery turns paper to powerSony has unveiled a paper-powered battery prototype in Japan. The technology generates electricity by turning shredded paper into sugar w...
Self-healing electronics trialledSelf-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of US researchers. The group has created a circuit that heals it...
Experimental HIV Vaccine Approved By FDA For Human TestingCanadian researchers received approval Tuesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin testing an experimental and potentiall...
Is a cure for the common cold on the way?In the northern hemisphere, cold and flu season is upon us. But the coughing, wheezing and spluttering masses that hit the streets each w...
PhysOrg Mobile: Multi-purpose photonic chip paves the way to programmable quantum processorsFull size imageArtist's impression of the quantum photonic chip, showing the waveguide circuit (in white), and the voltage-controlled pha...
LightSquared Vows Lower Data Bills as U.S. Weighs Approval - BusinessweekBy Scott Moritz and Todd Shields (Updates with interference-test results in fifth paragraph.) Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- LightSquared Inc.'s p...
Vaccine developed against EbolaScientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. First identified in 1976, Ebola kills mo...
Scientific Breakthroughs 2011: Most Significant Discoveries of 2011In the 11th year of the third millenium, scientists brought innovations in medicine that may annihilate killers like malaria and HIV. The...
7 Recent Discoveries That Could Revolutionize Medicine | Fast CompanyThis blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone. The past decade has seen remar...- Pitt discoveries in quantum physics could change face of technologyPITTSBURGH-Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have made advances in better understanding correlated quantum matter that could ch...
Futurity.org – New phone battery charges 10x fasterResearchers combined two chemical engineering approaches to address two major limitations faced by rechargeable batteries like those foun...
Scientists Create the Definitive Flu KillerUniversity of Texas Southwestern's scientists have created a new flu vaccine that can protect us against any kind of flu, not just one ty...
10 Greatest HIV Discoveries of 2011 | Here To InspireHere’s a look at some of the year’s bigger medical breakthroughs that could leave you feeling even better in 2012 and beyond.- Polite Article: Israeli biotech nears commercial breakthrough in blood stem cells!Symbol- RCLL Price- .04 Target- .55+ Rating- 10 of 10 A Rare Opportunity to Own a Little-Known Biotech Company that's Making Medical Hist...
Scientific breakthrough: Physicists at CERN have recorded particles moving faster than lightLooks like Einstein may have been wrong — An international team of scientists at CERN has recorded neutrino particles traveling faster th...- PhysOrg Mobile: Major breakthrough improves software reliability and securityNov 02, Technology/Computer Sciences Anyone who uses multithreaded computer programs -- and that's all of us, as these are the programs t...
Nanoparticle Measurement Breakthrough Could Lead to Super-Accurate Pregnancy TestsNanoparticles tend to clump together, or "agglomerate," in a solution. How clusters are formed and what shape they assume can influence a...
