August 2012
9 posts
Laboratory Equipment: Drug Blocks Heroin, Morphine Addiction →
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In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team from the Univ. of Adelaide and Univ. of Colorado has discovered the key mechanism in the body’s immune system that…
Genius idea: The Invisible Bike Helmet
Helmets are the most important accessory when riding a bike. But to some, their too cool for helmets and would rather risk injury then be caught wearing one. So what if you could have an invisible helmet? That’s what two students from Hövding wondered, who designed and created the Invisible Bike Helmet.
Laboratory Equipment: Autonomous Robotic Plane Successfully Flies Indoors →
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For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters — robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges posed…
Laboratory Equipment: Olympic Special: Steroid Use Can Permanently Alter the Brain →
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Leslie Henderson is concerned about steroid abuse, not necessarily by sports luminaries like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, but rather by adolescents.
“There is this disconnect among young people that somehow your emotions, your thought processes — things that have to do with your brain — are…
