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Researchers have modified a unique cancer-loving probiotic bacteria to release a marker that can be detected in the urine after it comes into contact with bowel cancer, even when it’s in the early stages. The novel test may mean avoiding invasive proce… Continue reading No poo required: Novel test takes the mess out of bowel cancer screening
Researchers have modified a unique cancer-loving probiotic bacteria to release a marker that can be detected in the urine after it comes into contact with bowel cancer, even when it’s in the early stages. The novel test may mean avoiding invasive proce… Continue reading No poo required: Novel test takes the mess out of bowel cancer screening
When viewed from just the right position in space, you’d be hard-pressed to think that our home planet is anything but a water world. And in all the ways that …read more Continue reading Keeping Watch Over the Oceans with Data Buoys
Data retention is a funny thing. Atmel will gladly tell you that the flash memory in an ATmega32A will retain its data for 100 years at room temperature. Microchip says …read more Continue reading How Do You Test If An EEPROM Can Hold Data For 100 Years?
In medieval Europe, many professions were under the control of guilds. These had a monopoly over that profession in their particular city or state, backed up with all the legal …read more Continue reading When Is An Engineer Not An Engineer? When He’s A Canadian Engineer
Perhaps the most-cited downside of renewable energy is that wind or sunlight might not always be available when the electrical grid demands it. As they say in the industry, it’s …read more Continue reading Renewable Energy: Beyond Electricity
Although the concept of nuclear fission is a simple and straightforward one, the many choices for fuel types, fuel design, reactor configurations, coolant types, neutron moderator or reflector types, etc. …read more Continue reading How Germany’s Troubled Pebble Bed Reactor Came Of Age In China
Although spying is a time-honored tradition, the sheer scope of it reached a fever pitch during the Cold War, when everyone was spying on everyone, and conceivably for both sides …read more Continue reading Cold War Spying And The Questionable Use Of Smuggled Blueprints In Developing Supersonic Airliners
Once upon a time, escaping an aircraft was a tricky business. You had to unstrap yourself, fling open a heavy glass canopy, and try to wrench yourself out of a …read more Continue reading Ejector Seats: The Rocket Chairs That Save Lives
It is an interesting fact that the most efficient way to generate electricity — at least so far — is to spin the shaft of a generator. The only real …read more Continue reading Why Gas Turbines Rule the World