Nanotech may revolutionize agriculture

He said nanotech - the control of matter at the atomic scale - can make our animal food systems safer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.