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Gemini Magazine
The 80 percent solution: How to live on mostly recycled water
By recycling used water, we can live with just a couple of buckets of fresh, clean water a day, while the rest of our water will come from recycled sources.
February 13, 2011
The pain paradox
Some people have constant pain. But the reasons why are not always so obvious.
February 2, 2011
Replacing kilometers of ship cable with wireless technology
Process control systems in production plants and on ships and platforms currently need expensive installations and kilometers of cable; all of this is about to change.
January 26, 2011
How cell membranes shape our life
Plant photosynthesis depends on membranes, and human beings would be unable to hear without the membrane we call the eardrum. Is yet another membrane needed to rescue us from a climatic catastrophe?
January 15, 2011
With such similar genes, why are we so different from chimps?
Genetically, we are 97 percent identical to chimpanzees. So why are we so different? The answer has to do with how our genes work and interact.
January 14, 2011
How much soot is in car exhaust?
Norwegian scientists can now measure the soot content of a car's exhaust while it's actually on the road.
December 20, 2010
Trouble with math? The problem might be magno cells in your eyes
Troubles with handwriting, math, and motor skills? The explanation for your difficulties may be in the workings of the cells in your eyes.
December 5, 2010
The ocean’s own environmental sensor
Tiny copepod crustaceans have a major role to play when the effects of oil-spills are being calculated.
December 1, 2010
Instant diagnoses via lab-on-a-chip
Soon, your family doctor will no longer have to send blood or cancer cell samples to the laboratory. A little chip will give her test results on the spot.
November 17, 2010
Wrasse to fight salmon lice
Researchers use a biological weapon to fight salmon parasite.
November 2, 2010
