UCLA researchers this week published data that for the first time shows human blood stem cells can be engineered to attack HIV-infected cells and that the process could not only prove to be a breakthrough for AIDS patients but also for the sufferers of other viral diseases.
Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Stanford researcher Yi Cui sees many uses for this new way of storing electricity.
The airline industry\'s safety record has never been better, but when Air France flight 447 vanished without a trace, it spurred new efforts to prevent tragedies before they happen. Here\'s how plane crash forensics can lead to safer aviation.
Vegetarians, look away now. Potatoes and tomatoes make good eating but they may also have a vicious side that makes them deadly killers on a par with venus fly traps and pitcher plants.
Researchers have found a strand of feline DNA in the AIDS virus, leading them to believe that the virus was incubated in a tiger thousands or millions of years ago.
A study published Monday in The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry has concluded that an estimated 98 percent of children under the age of 10 are remorseless sociopaths with little regard for anything other than their own egocentric interests and pleasures.
Is nuclear fusion the ultimate energy source, or the ultimate pipe dream? Millions upon millions of dollars are being spent to find out which answer is the right one.
Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the \"q\" in a matrix of letters, for example, that \"q\" appears on the monitor.
A broad-based MIT project aims to reinvent AI for a new era. By going back and fixing past mistakes, researchers hope to produce ‘co-processors’ for the human mind.
Simon Fraser University researchers have found that autism and schizophrenia are both caused by faults in the same set of genes, raising hopes that an effective test or treatment for one may be adapted for use on the other.
Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people’s beliefs, according to a new study.
The so-called road radiators consist of sheets of carbon nanofiber that heat concrete with help from an electrical element. Heating a block from -10 C to 0 C takes jut two hours and 6 watts of power. That’s a relatively small amount of energy, but heating up whole roads could be extremely power-intensive.
By mimicking the way that a living body acquires immunity to disease through vaccination, researchers have designed an artificial immune system to solve optimization problems more effectively than before.
The Copenhagen climate talks won\'t likely deliver a new global treaty on global warming, but there are still plenty of reasons to pay attention. Starting Monday, 15,000 people are expected in Copenhagen, Denmark. Over the next two weeks they\'re supposed to be hashing out a successor to the Kyoto Treaty, the global deal regulating greenhouse gases