Here’s proof that one disease can be used effectively to kill off another disease. In this case, the HIV virus is being used to basically get rid of cancer cells in a patient. It’s a controversial and early form of treatment, but one that has shown some progress. Who would have thought, right?
Here’s a neat video from GE Focus Forward about how scientists are making robots seem a bit more human without actually having to make them look more human. Amazingly, having a robot cheat at a simple game is enough to make a person see that robot as more human-like.
13-year-old child genius Aidan Dwyer came up with a way to place solar panels on trees to maximize solar capture. He figured out the Fibonacci sequence of an oak tree and arranged solar panels in such a way that energy is being absorbed at every time of day.
A small landfill in New York (Delaware County Solid Waste Facility) is transforming the organic waste at its landfill into reusable energy. The facility can convert up to 70% of its waste into some form of energy or reusable product. It’s not a perfect solution to waste, but much better than what other facilities are [...]
Using bioluminescent bacteria, Dr. Edie Widder has made pollution that is relatively invisible to the naked eye visible to us. This is valuable to see just how polluted waterways are as you’ll see in the video above where she takes a sample and shows dead spots in the bioluminescent bacteria.
