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Cutting edge cancer detection: dogs sniffing urine

Avatar Posted by Ben 13 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: health | Tags: innovations science world news
A UK research team is using dogs to test for bladder cancer by sniffing urine samples. A US team is also using scent, in this case to develop a non-invasive diagnosis for skin cancers. Cutting edge cancer detection: dogs sniffing urine
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Paint that can generate electricity, clean air or make hydrogen

Avatar Posted by Ben 93 days ago (http://www.uq.edu.au)
Category: tech | Tags: innovations science
A research breakthrough at the University of Queensland has the potential to deliver cheap solar energy. But the titanium oxide crystals have far wider applications. Paint that can generate electricity, clean air or make hydrogen
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Aussie innovation gives us light-speed computing

Avatar Posted by Ben 59 days ago (http://www.smh.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: electronics innovations
An optical chip developed by University of Sydney scientists offers the prospect of photonic computing and bottleneck-free fibre-optic networks for blistering internet speeds. Aussie innovation gives us light-speed computing
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Windows that generate electricity

Avatar Posted by Ben 53 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: tech | Tags: innovations science solar energy
A new window-tinting process directs sunlight to the glass’s edges, where it can be channelled to solar cells. The inexpensive process could see skyscrapers converted to power plants. Windows that generate electricity
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400GB Blue-ray disks on the horizon

Avatar Posted by Ben 45 days ago (http://www.gizmodo.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: blue-ray innovations
Panasonic is developing a 16-layer Blue-ray disk, capable of storing 47 times as much as a regular dual-layer DVD. 400GB Blue-ray disks on the horizon
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Fancy being Iron Man? Try the budget version...

Avatar Posted by Ben 35 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: tech | Tags: innovations
Yes, for a mere hundred K, you too can become a superhero. Not quite as compact, but every bit as good for blowing leaves off the lawn... Fancy being Iron Man? Try the budget version...
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High-tech seals monitor Antarctic climate change

Avatar Posted by Ben 25 days ago (http://afp.google.com)
Category: environment | Tags: innovations local news
Elephant seals fitted with pressure, temperature and salinity sensors are giving scientists a valuable view of changing conditions beneath the Antarctic sea ice. High-tech seals monitor Antarctic climate change
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Cloak of Invisibility just around the corner

Avatar Posted by Ben 24 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: tech | Tags: innovations science world news
US scientists have developed a material that can bend light round 3D objects “like water flowing around a rock”. Cloak of Invisibility just around the corner
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