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Edible Batteries Could Power a Range of Smart Pills and Medical Devices
Singularity Hub - 25 Dec 2013 02:10
Carnegie Mellon materials engineer Christopher Bettinger argues that flexible biodegradable batteries safe for human consumption could maximize the benefits of smart pills and devices "by harnessing simultaneous advantag...
NASA Successfully Completes Repairs At International Space Station With Christmas Eve Spacewalk [Video]
IBTimes - 25 Dec 2013 18:52
Spacewalkers on Tuesday treated the International Space Station, or ISS, with a Christmas gift, a new ammonia-pump module that would fully restore the station's critical coolant system. Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins and ...
Nature 's Best Science Features of 2013
Scientific American - 25 Dec 2013 15:00
The status of women in science, the nature of black holes and the role of cattle domestication in human prehistory were the topics of some of our favorite long-form pieces of 2013. [More] --
Special topic: Airworthiness and fatigue
EurekAlert! - 25 Dec 2013 07:00
(Science China Press) Aviation safety is the theme given to the International Conference on Airworthiness and Fatigue: 7th ICSAELS Series Conference, Beijing, China, held on 25 March, 2013. A special issue of Science Chi...