Despite international outcry from concerned citizens and conservationists, the Western Australian government implemented a shark cull to try to prevent fatal shark attacks. Over two dozen sharks have been killed since the program was implemented on January 25.
Scientists used lungs that were too damaged for transplantation to create a new set of human lungs. The damaged lungs were used to make a scaffolding of collagen and elastin that was populated with cells from other lungs and then immersed in a nutrient-rich substance. Four weeks later, the lab-grown human lungs were “very much like the real thing, just pinker, softer and less dense”.
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Scientists in Germany have claimed the most precise measurement yet of the mass of the electron, saying it's a 13-fold improvement in accuracy on previous attempts. Using a device called a Penning trap, they weighed a single electron bound to a carbon nucleus whose mass was already known. The result? Their election has 0.000548579909067 of an atomic mass unit - the standard measurement unit for particles.
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The paper contains hydrochromic dyes, which change colour when wet. The scientists found they could fill standard ink cartridges with water and use them, along with the rewriteable paper, in a normal desktop printer. Print is only visible for about 22 hours, or as long as it takes for the paper to dry completely.
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A US military lab has developed a pizza that can stay on the shelf for up to three years and still be ‘fresh’ and edible. The pizza doesn’t require refrigeration or freezing and is being considered a kind of ‘holy grail’ among food technologists.
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Using coiled fishing line and sewing thread, researchers made super-strong artificial muscles that can lift 100 times more weight and generate 100 times higher mechanical power than human muscles. The artificial muscles will be used to build the limbs of humanoid robots and to make intelligent clothing fibres that contract or expand to keep the wearer warm or cool.
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India has pledged to build the world’s most powerful solar plant. With a nominal capacity of 4,000 megawatts, this project will be more than 10 times larger than any other solar project built so far, and will spread over 77 square kilometres of land.
Read more: http://bit.ly/1dwqb4x via Scientific American
A new prosthetic hand that connects to the nervous system gives users a sense of touch, allowing them to feel the texture and shape of different objects. Although more tests need to be conducted to refine the sensory abilities of the prosthetic hand, researchers believe that in five years it could be mass produced. Dennis Aabo Sorensen, who lost his hand in an accident 9 years ago used the bionic hand and reported that he was able to feel textures.
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