A new R&D arm of Google is looking bring the latest Wi-Fi technology to city streets. Considering the communication benefits, the disaster resiliency planning that is now taking place, and the fact that downtown Minot is getting an infrastructure overhaul — should Minot reach out?
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This technology is closer than we all realize. And here’s the thing, these cars have actually been on the road for a while and have also been involved in 12 accidents. In each case, it was the human drivers who were at fault.
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina have created an insulin patch that senses blood-sugar levels and releases insulin into the blood stream. The product is not yet in clinical trials, but there is hope that it would improve care for diabetics.
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I suspect we all intuitively know what this formula is, but science has finally declared that a fire with a width/radius equal to its height will burn the hottest. Your job at the lake this weekend – test the theory and report back.
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Perhaps ‘stopping time’ is a bit of an overstatement, but as far as stopping time’s effect on our bodies — the results are encouraging. Get the scoop on a new drug that’s proving effective at reversing aging in both muscle and brain tissue.
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Roads made of solar panels? Yup. And in the first wide-scale test of the idea it’s proving to be more than a hairbrained scheme. Get the story on the first solar roadway from Science Alert.
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A new 3D printed splint that costs about $10 to produce is making news for saving lives. When surgically implanted, the splint helps keep the patient’s airway open, and after a period of 2-3 years it dissolves naturally.
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The technology is coming out of Denmark and it’s said to have an 80% accuracy rate, better than the 75% accuracy rate of mammograms. And the best part, the test has proven to be reliable indicator up to 5 years prior to cancer developing.
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Many believe beer is responsible for getting our species through some rough periods in ancient history, and new archeological evidence proves that a few millennia ago the Egyptians were trading with the Israelites. Commentary: Perhaps modern peace talks would fair better if they featured beer.
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And if we could have got one more word into the title, it would have been fat. Bad fat puns aside, the science here is pretty interesting. It seems within our bodies we’ve got a few cells that are programmed to fight obesity.
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A recipe for a thousand-year-old eye salve is proving more effective at killing MSRA than modern antibiotics.
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Finland is known for having one of the most progressive and successful national education models, and they’re making another radical move. By the year 2020, Finland intends to phase out teaching of individual subjects like math, chemistry and physics. Details from Science Alert.
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Hydrogen is an exciting fuel source; if an efficient way to produce it is discovered we could largely power the world with water. This article will bring you up to speed on a new technology that’s making improvements in the process.
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The drugs are called ‘senolytics’ and they’ve proven effective at treating symptoms of old age and frailty in mice. If you’re one of those people who wants to live a long healthy life, this article is both exciting and worth reading.
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This article is full of great tidbits about one of our most beloved and longest-running television programs. And clearly, Homer’s genius has been apparent in many more ways than we’ve yet realized.
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See a kid using a 3D-printed arm in action. Then get excited about the fact that this arm costs about 1% of what current comparable products cost.
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