Engineering Solutions for Africa's Rural Poor
It's a question posed by many immigrants. "When you come here and are successful, you have this nagging feeling. What have you done for the people at home?" Born, raised, and educated in Uganda, William Kisalita is now a University of Georgia bioengineering professor. He designs three-dimensional cell-based biosensors, a promising new technology that could revolutionize how pharmaceutical companie... posted on Nov 22 2010, 3,047 reads

A Quiet Savior
Though her story is nearly forgotten, she was once America's most admired civil servant. Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey's journey - honored with the FDA's first Kelsey Award - has transformed medical safety in the US and throughout the industrialized world. Thanks to Dr. Kelsey, thalidomide - causing children to be born limbless or with flipper-like arms and legs - had a far more limited effect in th... posted on Nov 16 2010, 2,925 reads

How to Recycle: An E-Waste Odyssey
Did you know that in New York, it's illegal to throw rechargeable batteries in the trash? Or that many office supply stores will accept your used printer cartridges? While many people know that e-waste is supposed to be recycled, items like cellphones, batteries, televisions, digital clocks and broken computers contain sensitive chemicals that can't just be tossed in the trash or landfill. But rec... posted on Oct 27 2010, 3,330 reads

Soar High in Clean Skies
The time has finally come. We can not only create cars and businesses that let out zero-emissions, but airplanes as well. On September 21, 2010, a Swiss company flew its first solar powered plane from Payerne to Geneva. In a pioneering flight lasting almost four and a half hours, the solar plane was powered entirely by four electric motors and 12,000 solar cells. Scheduled to fly internationally b... posted on Oct 21 2010, 2,253 reads

Scientists Discover by Sharing
A wealth of recent scientific papers on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is announcing groundbreaking discoveries, thanks to an unprecedented initiative by key players in public, private and academic sectors: a collaborative effort to find the biological markers that show the progression of Alzheimer's disease in the human brain. The key to this Alzheimer's project was an agreement as am... posted on Aug 16 2010, 2,593 reads

Ice Cream Truck of the Digital Age
Ice cream: the sweet taste of summer. It's the cool reward of a job well done, a game well-played, or a tasty excuse to prolong a classic first date. While the song of the ice cream truck has the power to bring forth a lot of smiles, one company has taken this to a whole new level with their latest invention: the world's first smile-activated ice cream vending machine. Using cutting-edge technolog... posted on Aug 13 2010, 4,153 reads

Eat to Prevent Cancer
Cancer researcher William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.... posted on Jul 11 2010, 5,591 reads

Save Energy by Breathing
Every minute we breathe, the rise and fall of our lungs produces almost 1 watt of energy. Now, new technology can absorb our energy to generate electricity! Small devices fitted with piezoelectric (PE) crystals, are being installed under sidewalks, roads, sports stadiums and railways to recycle the energy produced by our daily actions! In the world of energy-harvesting, all vibrations are good vib... posted on Jun 19 2010, 8,030 reads

Kidney Transplant Record
Dr. Robert Montgomery, chief transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said that doctors at four hospitals in four states transplanted eight kidneys over three weeks in what he called the largest chain of donations in history. He believes such intricate, multi-state exchanges can drastically reduce the number of patients waiting for eligible donors. Multiple-kidney transplants occur when sever... posted on Apr 03 2010, 1,973 reads

Meet Nepal's 'God of Sight'
Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing. Dhanuk and more than 500 others - most of whom have never seen a doctor before - have traveled for days by bicycle, motorbike, bus and even on their relatives' backs to reach Dr. Sanduk Ruit's mobile eye camp. Each... posted on Mar 30 2010, 4,919 reads