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AIDS detection lab in a cell phone
Optics expert Ozcan optics expert modified a standard cellphone with a camera sensor to diagnose malaria and works as an AIDS detection in patients.
March 26, 2009
Nuclear weapons can be controlled
Seismologist Paul Richards says that scientists can now detect any nuclear test of military significance, no matter how secret. He feels nuclear weapons can be controlled.
March 24, 2009
The promise of new stem cell lines
Listen to MIT professor Richard Hynes talk about President Barack Obama's 2009 move to lift Bush's limits on stem cell research.
March 21, 2009
Jennifer Kuzma urges consumer transparency for nanoproducts
Jennifer Kuzma talks about the impact of nanotechnology - the engineering of materials at the atomic scale - on the food we eat.
March 17, 2009
Japanese: Innovative, even about homelessness
The concept of saving face is so ingrained in the Japanese culture that its homeless population will do anything rather than the humiliation of asking for help.
March 10, 2009
Cities can plan ahead for global warming
According to expert Jack Fellows, thinks that if cities plan ahead, they might be able to sell their adaptive knowledge and technologies.
March 6, 2009
Nano sensors may help farmers manage crops
Strickland said, " The specific idea was to incorporate nano sensors into pesticide spray, so that you can monitor how well the crop field was sprayed for pests, or while adding nutrients to the crop field."
March 5, 2009
Rosalyn Berne urges caution for nano in agriculture
Rosalyn Berne studies the ethics of nanotechnology. She said we don't understand what happens to nano products used in agriculture, at the point when that product filled with nano particles washes into the soil.
March 4, 2009
Saving seeds from extinction from Cary Fowler
Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, talks about a large and ambitious saving seeds from extinction program that aims to safeguard the future of global agriculture.
March 2, 2009
Energy and water tradeoffs in oil extraction
Experts say usable oil can be extracted from a rocky substance, called oil shale, that's abundant in western North America. But geologist Craig Cooper speaks of trade-offs in the energy and water extraction process.
February 25, 2009
