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Our Technological Future Continues On Its Own Domain 2007-12-23 07:24:00 After two and a half years of bringing you the latest tech news, Our Technological Future will continue on its own domain, with a new name and a new look! This website will no longer be updated, but will remain online nonetheless. A fan of this blog was nice enough to donate hosting, so a special thank you to Chris for the free webspace. Our Technological Future continues as: Technut News! If ...

Anti-Aging Drugs Could Change the Nature of Death 2007-12-20 16:26:00 Anti-Aging Drugs Could Change the Nature of DeathA new class of drugs aimed at age-related physical and mental deterioration could change not only the nature of life, but of death. The drugs target mitochondria, the cellular power generators that provide our bodies with chemical energy. Over time, mitochondria accumulate damage, causing cells and eventually tissues to malfunction and break down. ...

Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects 2007-12-20 16:25:00 Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast DefectsFor the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for millions of women left with cratered areas and breasts that look very different from each other after cancer surgery. It also might be a way to augment healthy ...

Start-Up Sells Solar Panels at Lower-Than-Usual Cost 2007-12-20 15:34:00 Start-Up Sells Solar Panels at Lower-Than-Usual CostNanosolar, a heavily financed Silicon Valley start-up whose backers include Google's co-founders, plans to announce Tuesday that it has begun selling its innovative solar panels, which are made using a technique that is being held out as the future of solar power manufacturing. The company, which has raised $150 million and built a 200,000- ...

MIT Corrects Inherited Retardation, Autism In Mice 2007-12-20 15:33:00 MIT Corrects Inherited Retardation, Autism In MiceResearchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have corrected key symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The work, which will be reported in the Dec. 20 issue of Neuron, also indicates that a certain class of drugs could have the same effect. These drugs are not yet approved by the FDA, but will soon be entering into ...

Aging Gracefully Requires Taking Out The Trash 2007-12-20 15:17:00 Aging Gracefully Requires Taking Out The TrashSuppressing a cellular cleanup-mechanism known as autophagy can accelerate the accumulation of protein aggregates that leads to neural degeneration. In an upcoming issue of Autophagy, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report for the first time that the opposite is true as well: Boosting autophagy in the nervous system of fruit ...

Robots Help Elderly When Humans Cannot 2007-12-20 15:15:00 Robots Help Elderly When Humans CannotIf you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit - all examples of cutting-edge technology to care for the country's graying population. With nearly 22 percent of Japan's people aged 65 or older, businesses have been rolling out everything from easy-entry cars ...

Can IBM Connect Cores In a Chip With Light? 2007-12-19 15:02:00 Can IBM Connect Cores In a Chip With Light?IBM has come up with a technology that could one day let different cores on a processor exchange signals with pulses of light, rather than electrons, a change that could lead to faster and far more energy efficient chips. The device, known as a silicon Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator--converts electrical signals into pulses of light. The trick is ...

Light-powered Toothbrush Could Eliminate Need For Toothpaste 2007-12-19 15:00:00 Light-powered Toothbrush Could Eliminate Need For ToothpasteThe Shiken Company of Japan is making a prototype solar-powered toothbrush, which causes a chemical reaction in your mouth, with the hopes of improving the elimination of harmful plaque and bacteria. Dr. Komiyama designed the first model of this type of toothbrush more than 15 years ago: It contained a titanium dioxide rod in the neck ...

Researchers Identify Granddaddy Of Human Blood Cells 2007-12-19 14:58:00 Researchers identify granddaddy of human blood cells Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have isolated a human blood cell that represents the great-grandparent of all the cells of the blood, a finding that could lead to new treatments for blood cancers and other blood diseases. This cell, called the multipotent progenitor, is the first offspring of the much-studied ...

Super Water Repellent Could Cause Big Wave In Market 2007-12-19 14:57:00 Super Water Repellent Could Cause Big Wave In MarketA water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities. The super-water repellent (superhydrophobic) material, developed by John Simpson, is easy to fabricate and uses inexpensive base materials. The ...

Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms 2007-12-17 14:24:00 Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life's most extraordinary molecule. Until recently, however, even the most sophisticated laboratories could make only small snippets of DNA -- an extra gene or two to be inserted into corn plants, for example, to ...

Can We Cure Aging? 2007-12-05 17:25:00 Can We Cure Aging? Jim Hammond is an elite athlete. He works out two hours a day with a trainer, pushing himself through sprints, runs, and strength-building exercises. His resting heart rate is below 50. He’s won three gold medals and one silver in amateur competitions this year alone, running races from 100 to 800 meters. In his division, he’s broken four national racing records. But perhaps ...

Skin Transformed Into Stem Cells 2007-12-02 13:05:00 Skin transformed into stem cells Human skin cells have been reprogrammed by two groups of scientists to mimic embryonic stem cells with the potential to become any tissue in the body. The breakthrough promises a plentiful new source of cells for use in research into new treatments for many diseases. Crucially, it could mean that such research is no longer dependent on using cells from human ...

Scientists Breed Mouse That Can't Get Cancer 2007-12-01 05:06:00 Meet the supermouse bred by genetic scientists that CAN'T get cancer Mice resistant to cancer have been created in a breakthrough that could lead to a human treatment free of side-effects. A protein produced by the creatures may hold the key to a future therapy. It attacks tumour cells, but does not harm healthy tissue in the body. Scientists hope it can one day be adapted for use in humans - ... Cancer