#The world's first full-color, flexible skin-like display Imagine a soldier who can change the color and pattern of his camouflage uniform from woodland green to desert tan at will.
which was featured as the cover article of the June 17 issue of Physical Review Letters("Optical Polarization of Nuclear spins in Silicon Carbine").
pulling or pushing of the structure--triggers changes in many different electronic properties. This ripple effect complicates scientists'ability to study
The method uses a low energy ion gun to add small numbers of helium ions into the material after it has been produced.
This wave range also has great application for the soldiers in the military who rely on infrared thermal imaging technology and for flexible night vision glasses.
Guo focuses much of his work on the use of ribonucleic acid (RNA) nanoparticles and a viral nanomotor to fight cancer
#Environmentally friendly lignin nanoparticle'greens'silver nanobullet to battle bacteria North carolina State university researchers have developed an effective
"The findings resulted from research sponsored by the Air force Office of Scientific research (AFOSR) through the BIONIC center at Georgia Tech,
or the induction of mechanical stress-all of which can change the properties of a particular hydrogel designed to be responsive to those triggers."
Primarily funded by the Army Research Laboratory and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, the researchers were charged with imbuing the decade-old material with thermal sensitivity for use in infrared imaging devices such as night-vision goggles for the military.
What they unearthed published Friday in the journal Science Advances("Atomically thin layers of BNCO with tunable composition"),was so much more:
"Tesla's visions of wireless energy threatened the military-industrial complex; were sabotaged his ideas? The official Kickstarter campaign for the case is expected to be launched in June,
as it also had the potential to put an end to war and threaten other industries related to the control of energy and power r
police said. Two other people killed in the storm were described as an unidentified man found dead from the flooding in San marcos, Texas,
and the best way to accomplish that is to own a firearm and know how to use it.
We know that the U s. military is training on domestic soil for martial law operations, and we know that DHS has purchased billions of rounds of ammunition to use domestically (DHS does not operate overseas).
There is no question that the federal government believes widespread social chaos is coming, and it simultaneously believes that large cities will explode with uncontrollable violence, looting and mayhem.
and epinephrine (stress hormones) Insulin production Calcium metabolism Fights free radicals The majority of people suffer from Vitamin c deficiency
"reports CBS. And so the water wars begin: there's not enough water to go around, and the courtroom serves as the new battleground over a resource that the state of California has squandered for far too long.
as guinea pigsvicious vaccine culture war now being waged against informed, intelligent Americans who seek to protect their children from deadly side effects131 Ways for an Infant to Die:
it may prove to be needed a much triumph in the war against antibiotic-resistance. The device used to discover teixobactin is generating excitement also
Marvin Andujar and Chris Crawford, have built a mind-machine method to control a drone through a wearable electroencephalographic (EEG) Brain-Computer Interface device.
The drone operates based on user cognitive commands. When the user thinks forward, the drone moves forward towards the direction it is facing.
While the drone flies, the user is able to view the flight from FPV (first-person view) via a front-facing camera. his project serves as the beginning of brain-machine control as a human-centric application says Marvin Andujar
who is also a member of our Neurogadget editorial team. The idea is to use the BCI, drones and other machines such as a humanoid as a third arm for humans.
We want to provide humans efficient control of their machines while performing real world tasks. This could be helpful
and emotional state while the drone is controlled cognitively. They believe that to make the technology usable
Paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a gunshot wound when he was 21, Erik G. Sorto now can move a robotic arm just by thinking about it
in order to know what triggers could be applied to such a system to cause regeneration of particular components,
and trigger the disease, said Alex Parker, CRCHUM researcher and associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Montreal.
that system triggers a misguided attack against the worm own neurons. he worm thinks it has a viral or bacterial infection and launches an immune response.
In humans, researchers used a technique called 14c/12c bomb pulse dating to measure turnover.
when open-air nuclear bomb testing occurred following the Second world war. Researchers can take samples from cells in this case
#The revolution of military aircraft For anyone with a fascination for flying it is a surreal experience to stand in a hangar with five Bell 407 helicopters and not a single pilot in sight.
Welcome to the future of naval aviation fleets of unmanned helicopters flying on and off warships conducting missions as diverse as missile strikes
which is the machine of choice for the Royal Australian Navy for its future frigate and other platforms,
News coverage from Afghanistan means that most people are familiar with modern-day fixed-wing military UAVS such as missile armed Reapers
and Fire Scout and the most incredible of them all the X47-B unmanned combat jet that has landed already
Lt Commander Selew said. Sensors on the ground at Point Mugu mimic a ship landing system so the chopper simply picks up a radio beam
and touch down smoothly, Lt Commander Selew said. Another major advantage of an unmanned machine is that
Deputy Triton Program director for the US NAVY at Pax River Commander Jason Rider is an enthusiastic advocate for the pilotless system that he says has achieved already an 88 per cent.
and investigate, Commander Rider said. He said the aircraft sensors were very powerful and the turret under the nose was the same as the Reaper
but the top brass will recommend an ordinary (low risk) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) buy that will also exclude Australian industry from the system global supply chain.
mission payload operators and a tactical commander who are located in a control room with three large TV screens on the wall
but it will become increasingly difficult in the years ahead to find a military pilot who actually takes to the air i
Working for the Air force the engineer says he was xposed to some pretty nice high technology, really modern manufacturing methods,
and have that trigger the television to switch on? Touchy feely For now though, the next step is to give people like Sorto back their sense of touch.
race is on to log global heritage Ancient buildings are sitting ducks in war. But efforts are growing to preserve them digitally
Now it's controlled by ISIS fighters, who have threatened to destroy it as part of their campaign against religious idolatry.
Before its retreat, the Syrian army evacuated as much of Palmyra's population as possible, together with the museum collections,
More than 85 per cent of Polish capital Warsaw was razed deliberately in the second world war: afterwards it was rebuilt meticulously,
"This is roughly equivalent to getting rid of a bullet lodged between your lungs by squeezing it out through your forehead,
#Laser'tricorder'can diagnose malaria through the skin It's a weapon that fights malaria a laser scan can give an accurate diagnosis in seconds,
and switched the avatar from the Centcom logo to a photo of a masked fighter.
'A Case Of Cybervandalism'Saying that its operational military networks were compromised not Centcom has released a statement saying it is viewing this purely as a case of cybervandalism.
Anthem offers Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in California, New york and other states and is headquartered in Indianapolis.
#Ebola Vaccine Hailed As'Game Changer'In Fight Against The Virus Doctors Without Borders is calling it a"champagne moment."
such as exploring triggers that cause heart attacks. Dassault hopes that medical device makers will also use the Living Heart Project's technology for research and development.
The recording industry's fight against that principle took on the form of invasive digital rights management software, advertising campaigns, threats and lawsuits.
#US Air force contracts 3d Systems to make next-gen components 3d Systems is taking part in a $1. 3 million contract to develop cutting-edge aircraft heat exchanger to be manufactured using 3d printing.
and funded by the Air force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the contract underscores 3ds'technological leadership and proven defense/aerospace manufacturing track record.
As a result, both the Air force and the defense industry are poised to benefit greatly from this directed project.
"This contract selection will allow our team to deliver to the Air force innovative, high-performing heat exchangers,
and Direct Metal 3d printing capabilities to meet the high standards of production demanded by the US Air force.
where mock weapons and explosives were smuggled through airports, undetected in 95%of cases. The terahertz technology may also prove useful in discovering concealed goods in the retail industry or for non-destructive monitoring, for example quality control in drugs or food.
the immune system recognizes and fights off the threat. The trials employed the same strategy used to contain smallpox called ing vaccination.
U s. funding came from the National Science Foundation, Air force Office of Scientific research, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Office and Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship.
Virscan could help researchers better understand how the body combats viruses and viruslasting effects. The researchers published an article outlining their method today in Science.
#New Antibody Fights Several Flu Strains At once Researchers have discovered recently a unique antibody that can kill several different types of the flu virus,
#Sonar-Powered Drone Wants to Be Your Fishing Buddy The Aguadrone is a quadcopter that uses sonar to tell you where the catch is.
So far, theye developed three main functions for their drone. hen fishing from the beach,
(the drone) makes it easy. The Line Flier pod which flies baits to specific areas was the original inspiration
All of them screw on and off the bottom of the drone for easy swapping. The Fish Scout pod is a self-contained sonar device that finds fish underwater.
It is used similar technology in fishing vessels but as a drone, it offers a lot more flexibility and usability.
The drone can easily land in water and fly back up. For communication the Fish Scout pod creates its own Wi-fi connection with an impressive 320-foot range.
With eight months of building and testing, Marion tells PSFK he regularly takes the drone out for a spin
#Amazon Turns to Artificiai Intelligence to Combat Fake Reviews Amazon is using artificial intelligence to combat fake product reviews
The waterproof case is equipped with a handy fill-empty tank. A polyurethane sheet divides the umbrella from its case and pushes droplets toward the tank,
which collects and safely holds the water even if it is held upside down. The tank, which has a capacity of 4cl,
can be emptied at the owner convenience by simply pulling the ring down in order to dispense the water.
that will also integrate their ballistic missile defense systems and give Tokyo a bigger security role in Asia as China's military power grows.
The Japanese military's cyber defense unit has around 90 members, compared to more than 6, 000 people at the Pentagon,
unveiled a more muscular military cyber strategy in April that stressed an ability to retaliate with cyber weapons.
Lachappelle hopes his efforts will contribute to developments in bomb defusal robots, heavy equipment and heavy industrial automation robotic arms,
They used a torque reversal catapult mechanism that generates a small initial torque and gradually increases but that never exceeds the surface tension force of water.
in order to know what triggers could be applied to such a system to cause regeneration of particular components,
and could help us in the fight against Ebola. In this study, the researchers compared the diagnostic accuracy of the new RDT against the benchmark RT-PCR test (altona Diagnostics) being used for clinical diagnosis in the field reference laboratory run by Public health England at Port
#Microsoft is building a drone army to catch mosquitoes and stop epidemics One potential use for drones that you might not have thought about is preventing the spread of disease.
Microsoft has launched just an initiative called Project Premonition, with the aim of detecting viruses before they infect a significant number of people using a fleet of Unmanned aerial vehicles (or UAVS).
the impact of drone technology and number of saved lives could be huge. The key is in catching mosquitoes
by sending out portable drones that are able to cover far more distance and come back to base with bigger samples.
the drones will need to operate semi-autonomously as well as being directed by a human pilot: having the ability to navigate environments on their own ensures they can travel greater distances and cover more land.
which will be attached to the drones: What's more, thanks to the latest advancements in molecular biology
if a mind-controlled cockroach army got into the wrong hands..
#The Pope confirms that the Catholic church wants action on climate change Science and religion rarely get along.
when watching with his son they would be fighting over brain waves to choose the program they could both watch.
While scientists have looked previously into turning certain genes on or off in animal models in order to fight cancer,
making use of Old world War II tunnels underneath the city to host an eco-friendly,
or a military platoon, commented Anders Sandberg of the University of Oxford, who was involved not in the research. ut there no guarantee that brain-to-brain interfaces will be a sensible thing in practice.
and paranoia, were triggered by a single pathway in the brain that was separate from the pathway that triggers the drug cancer-killing properties.
It would be great to use autonomous robots for dangerous work--to defuse bombs and clean up nuclear disasters such as the Fukushima event.
"With ongoing support from the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB), Canada's largest charity supporting vision research, Dr. Koenekoop has spent more than a decade searching for genes linked to blindness.
But amlexanox also triggers the release of the hormone interleukin-6 from these fat cells which then travels in the circulation to the liver.
because these countries were trying to recover from a tragic past (prolonged civil war in both Liberia
and Sierra leone and military rule in Guinea) when Ebola struck. FAO and WFP stated that the Ebola epidemic has caused a significant shock to the food
Then and only then will we win the battle against meningitis. a
#Flexible methane production from electricity and biomass The variable operation modes were the biggest challenge during development says Project Head Siegfried Bajohr of the Engler-Bunte Institute (EBI) of KIT.
Today transformers are installed in stiff steel tanks. The risk of explosions can be reduced if the industry changes to soft housings that absorb energy in the same way as modern car bodies he says.
and extremely rapid pressure build up in the transformer tank. If the tank ruptures combustible gases will leak out.
If these are ignited an explosion will follow and any combustible materials in the vicinity of the transformer can catch fire.
The fire may also be fed with oil from the tank. If so it will keep burning Two different measures are adopted usually to prevent fire and explosion incidents of this sort:#
#Additionally transformer tanks are reinforced by means of welded steel beams in order to make them withstand pressure rises
On one hand the transformer tanks are able to withstand more pressure than they could have done without the reinforcement on the other the extra stiffness means that they cannot expand
Moreover stresses occur within the material of the tank increasing the probability that it will rupture.
Our idea is to design transformer tanks in such a way that they expand when their internal pressure increases without risking that major rises in tension
With better knowledge and new mathematical models we will be able to observe the relationships between the physics of electric arcs the transformer tank and the electrical protection system.
Interested in the relationship between astrocytes synapse formation and disease Eroglu's group showed in 2011 that hevin triggers the formation of new neural connections.
People with type 2 diabetes have reduced sensitivity to insulin a hormone that normally triggers uptake of glucose by cells
"Prevention is cheaper than cure The new legislation is intended not purely as a regulation to combat invasive species,
which will be available commercially later this year so the Feinstein Institute can start investigating how to engineer other kinds of tissue like bone or 3d print custom-made shields for cancer and radiation treatment.
#Modular disability aids for world's poorest Inspiration hit Cara O'sullivan 21 from Battle East Sussex after a year's placement with the Medical Engineering Resource Unit (MERU
Made with nanofibers extracted from Kevlar, the tough material in bulletproof vests, the barrier stifles the growth of metal tendrils that can become unwanted pathways for electrical current.
and its Innovation Corp. Partial funding also came from Office of Naval Research and Air force Office Scientific research.
Sepsis triggers production of a protein called tumor necrosis factor or TNF which helps fight infection but is sustained harmful at high levels.
#New antibodies for cancer treatment A research team at Aarhus University i Denmark has developed ten new antibodies that can possibly be used in the battle against cancer.
We've got a large library of antibodies that can supplement the body's own fight against disease.
Funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United states Air force Office of Scientific research h
and aims it like a gun barrel at fish which become disoriented and stop moving even as the snail's mouth part slowly advances
But the Utah researchers found no evidence of fish insulin in the venom of five species of fish-eating cone snails that are ambush hunters that attack with a harpoon-like organ.
For more clear-cut evidence that snails use insulin as a weapon Joanna Gajewiak a research assistant professor at the university came up with a fast way to synthesize enough of the insulin to directly test its effects on fish.
where a mask partially shields the substrate from the depositing material. In the half-shade of the mask a wedged structure builds up,
the method for lung cancer screening currently recommended by the U s. Preventive Services Task force (USPSTF). Because of its accuracy, it could also better distinguish between benign lung tumors that do not pose a threat
in order to know what triggers could be applied to such a system to cause regeneration of particular components,
That means Virscan not only identifies viral infections that the immune system is actively fighting, but also provides a history of an individual's past infections.
In addition to Choi and Cahill--whose work was supported by the Army Research Office MURI program--co-authors of the paper include Byoung-Chul Min, Center for Spintronics Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul;
and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center are reporting a potentially important discovery in the battle against one of the most devastating forms of leukemia that accounts for as many as one in five children with a particularly aggressive form of the disease
It's like soldiers marching in formation: If one person falls dramatically out of time, it won't be long before the whole group falls apart.
but related elements of the immune system can act together in concert to fight, for example, rotavirus infections.
but that the presence of interleukin-22 (IL-22) is also necessary to effectively combat rotavirus,
They discovered that both messenger substances act jointly to optimally fight rotavirus by triggering the formation of antiviral proteins particularly in the epithelial cells of the intestine;
and collaborators discovered the bacteria in soil at an old uranium ore mill in Rifle, Colorado, almost 200 miles west of Denver.
The site is one of nine such mills in Colorado used during the heyday of nuclear weapons production.
The Rutgers team was able to isolate the uranium-breathing bacterium in the lab by recognizing that uranium in samples from the Rifle site could be toxic to microorganisms as well as humans.
What Kerkhof is optimistic about is the potential for these bacteria to mitigate the specific groundwater pollution problem in Rifle.
it could be considered for other sites where uranium was processed for nuclear arsenals or power plant fuel. While the problem isn't widespread,
"There is depleted uranium in a lot of armor-piercing munitions, "he said, "so places like the Middle east that are experiencing war could be exposed to high levels of uranium in the groundwater
#Scientists find genetic variants key to understanding origins of ovarian cancer New research by an international team including Keck Medicine of USC scientists is bringing the origins of ovarian cancer into sharper focus.
That funding and additional collaboration with the Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, an engineering company that frequently partners with the U s. military, helped support the advancement of NS honeycomb technology.
The researchers are also building a lab prototype of an enhanced combat helmet with NS honeycomb cells integrated that will be completed this fall.
This then triggers a systemic inflammatory response from the body's immune cells, similar to a serious infection episode.
That's because the bacterial endotoxins that leach into the blood as a result of extreme exercise, triggers the body's immune cells into action."
But some bees become drones others sterile female workers, and still others the queen. Much of this differentiation can be attributed to epigenomics,
such as workers and drones, are much smaller and have shorter life spans. Similarly, cancers often subvert a cell's normal epigenomic mechanisms to become more aggressive e
Fabrication and experiments were supported in part by the Air force Office of Scientific research (AFOSR Grant No.
folded or even penetrated by bullets without failing. This should improve both safety and durability,
or proteins that could be targeted by drugs, eventually leading to new medicines to fight cancer r
"It bolsters current disinfection efforts by infection preventionists and environmental services professionals in the fight against HAIS."
where mock weapons and explosives were smuggled through airports, undetected in 95%of cases. It may also prove useful in discovering concealed goods in the retail industry or for non-destructive monitoring, for example quality control in drugs or food.
and dilate--were the good guys in the body's battle against atherosclerotic plaque. They were thought to migrate from their normal location in the blood vessel wall into the developing atherosclerotic plaque,
The scientists describe that this protein triggers the death of brain stem cells. This occurs because cells without CEP63 have delayed cell division,
The nanoparticles are filled with genes for an enzyme that converts a prodrug called ganciclovir into a potent destroyer of the glioma cells.
and cast into weapons in ceramic molds. Today, injection and extrusion molding shape hot liquids into everything from car parts to toys.
and the Air force Office of Scientific research and was carried out in Caltech's Center for Physical Biology,
#Nanospheres shield chemo drugs, safely release high doses in response to tumor secretions Scientists have designed nanoparticles that release drugs in the presence of a class of proteins that enable cancers to metastasize.
and fibers are used in the latest armored military vehicles. The team working on the safe room developed a steel frame that holds the panels,
The Interferon then triggers a large array of defence mechanisms in nearby cells, creating an antiviral state that prevents the dissemination and, ultimately,
while also allowing pdcs to trigger effective antiviral responses. We believe that such interventions during primary infection have the potential to limit the establishment and complexity of viral reservoirs,
Better, cheaper and more effective drugs to combat cancer, arthritis and many other disorders. This is the result of a ground-breaking new technique developed by a group of researchers from the Faculty of health and Medical sciences at the University of Copenhagen.
Massachusetts State Police said in a tweet. Across the state about 600 members of the National guard were helping out during the blizzard,
Guinea's anti-Ebola task force said about two dozen new cases of Ebola had been recorded in the last two weeks, taking the total number to 53 as of Friday.
#Farming Now Worse for Climate Than Clearing Forests Efforts such as these to slow deforestation have delivered some of humanity few gains in its otherwise lackadaisical battle so far against global warming.
Now farmers and loggers were being arrested by armed police, accused of environmental crimes. t was a radical operation,
Efforts such as these to slow deforestation have delivered some of humanity few gains in its otherwise lackadaisical battle so far against global warming.
#US Air force Launches X-37b Space Plane on 4th Mystery Mission The U s. Air force's X-37b space plane blasted into Earth orbit today,
The robotic X-37b space plane launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas v rocket today (May 20) at 11:05 a m. EDT (1505 GMT) from Florida's Cape canaveral Air force station.
But Air force officials have said that mission number four known as Orbital Test vehicle-4 (OTV-4) will concentrate less on the X-37b itself
director of the Air force Rapid Capabilities Office, said in a statement late last month.""With the demonstrated success of the first three missions, we're able to shift our focus from initial checkouts of the vehicle to testing of experimental payloads."
The Air force owns two X-37b spacecraft, both of which were built by Boeing's Phantom Works division.
The secrecy surrounding X-37b missions has led to speculation in some quarters that the craft is some sort of space weapon that it's designed to inspect and/or cripple hostile nations'satellites, for example.
But Air force officials have refuted long that notion, saying the X-37b is simply testing out technologies for reusable vehicles and future spacecraft.
Top 10 Space Weapons"OTV missions allow us to examine a payload system or technology in the environment in which it will perform its mission,"
Chris Hoyler, an Air force spokesman, told Space. com via email.""The unique aspects of the OTV allow us to mature these new technologies
"Air force officials have not said how long they expect OTV-4 to last, but the mission will be extended an one
The Air force has revealed that an advanced Hall thruster propulsion system and a NASA materials investigation are among OTV-4's scientific gear.
Air force officials said.""A more efficient on-orbit thruster capability is huge,"Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, commander of the Air force Research Laboratory in Ohio, said in a statement last month."
"Less fuel-burn lowers the cost to get up there, plus it enhances spacecraft operational flexibility, survivability and longevity."
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