Tiles May Help Shrink Carbon Footprint by Harnessing Pedestrian Power:

Once a Pavegen tile converts energy to electricity, 5 percent of it is used to light the round LED-lighted logo in the center of each tile. The other 95 percent is either directly fed to the application or stored in a battery for later use. Pavegen is also working on a new ( Read more... )

Successful human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug-delivery chip: Clinical trial of the programmable, implantable device shows promise in treating osteoporosis.

These programmable chips could dramatically change treatment not only for osteoporosis, but also for many other diseases, including cancer and multiple sclerosis. “Patients with ( Read more... )

(Dated YESTERDAY, thanks...)

Cat Allergy Vaccine Safe and Effective, Study Suggests:

Building on research he's conducted for the past 10 years in Canada and Britain, Larché and his research team have developed a vaccine which is effective and safe with almost no side effects. The research is published in a recent (January 2011) issue of the ( Read more... )

Been a while since I posted one of these!

Artificial Leaf Could Be More Efficient Than the Real Thing:

Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf made from stable and inexpensive materials that mimics nature’s photosynthesis process ( Read more... )

With great thanks to wgptrey and XKCD:

WikiPedia: List of Common Misconceptions.

Complete with citations! :D

The Vanishing Mind: Giving Alzheimer’s Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate:

Dementia patients at Beatitudes are allowed practically anything that brings comfort, even an alcoholic “nip at night,” said Tena Alonzo, director of research. “Whatever your vice is, we’re your folks,” she said ( Read more... )

Special bonus edition!

* Gallery: The Most Amazing Science Images of 2010.

* Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2010 and the Decade.

SCIENCE! F*CK YEAH!

Hey, remember how I was talking about the utter coolness that is the Antikythera mechanism awhile back?

Some clever folks made one. Out of Lego.

( Embedded video within, SFW, doesn't need sound. )

ReWalk Exoskeleton Going on Sale in January 2011:

After being paralyzed for the past 20 years, Radi Kaiof began to walk down a street in Israel to the sound of a dim mechanical hum. That was the sound of an electronic exoskeleton, developed by a small Israeli high-tech company, propelling the 41 year old paraplegic down the street with a proud ( Read more... )

While I find extremists tiresome, no matter what creed they're preaching, sometimes they put together some pretty poetry:

( Embedded video within, Phil Hellenes' SCIENCE SAVED MY SOUL. Should have sound... )