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LED Glove Eases Arthritis, Improves Memory

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Smartphone check tongue for health

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Rear View Mirror for Bicycle

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C02 inflator for bicycle

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Super Light Backpack

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Stylish Bike Shoes

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Solution to noisy restaurants

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Stray dog followed cyclist from Chengdu to Lhasa

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Green thumb app tells users when plants need watering

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Google removes urls from search engine

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We had no moon..

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Male contraceptive by tweaking genes

A new type of male contraceptive could be created thanks to the discovery of a key gene essential for sperm development. The finding could lead to alternatives to the conventional male contrace...

FLower? in the genes

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Smarter, Safer Non-canceling Earbuds

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Know types of alien worlds

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Magnetic Bacteria Could Build 'Bio-Computers'

A species of bacteria that eats iron and turns it into magnetic particles could one day build your computer’s memory. Researchers at the University of Leeds have capitalized on the natural ab...

Milky Way Home to Billions of Free-Floating Life-Bearing Planets

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Save the earth

Scientists are calling on leaders to help manage the environment for the benefit of future generations Leaders of the global science community have issued joint statements to world leaders meeti...

Scientists develop biochip to accelerate cancer drug screening

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Sensor Sniffs Fruit, Shows Ripeness

Bananas are obvious. A nice, firm yellow peel equals ripe; brown spots equals overripe. But what of other fruits and vegetables? An inexpensive sensor developed by researchers at MIT could le...

Mobile app the trend to go

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Internet via unused TV transmission bands

Forget Wi-Fi and 4G -- in the future your phone may access the Internet via unused TV transmission bands. Nokia is testing hardware that allows mobile phones to tap into "white space" -- the un...

Solar boat sailed round the world

The boat officially set off on its around the world trip on September 27th, 2010. After crossing the Atlantic ocean, the Panama Canal, the Pacific ocean, the Indian ocean, the Suez Canal,...

Liquid Solar Cells

USC Researchers Develop Liquid Nanocrystal Solar Cells that Can Be Printed Onto Plastic Imagine a sol...

A car in a lift, that small

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Sex with a Robot ?

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