ctc, you mage me laugh with this little snap: "British (English actually - take that Scotland!) ".

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Cancer Destroying Cells!


Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Cancer-Destroyers

Stem cells have been produced that can release chemicals that kill cancer cells, offering a path to fight particularly hard to access tumors.

Stem cells have become a focus of medical research for their capacity to turn into the cells that make up the body's organs. They also can be engineered to produce Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE), a chemical toxic to brain tumors cells.

PE can already be produced outside the body and administered as a way of fighting brain cancer, but this approach has been found to have limitations. Dr. Khalid Shah of Harvard Medical School said, “Cancer-killing toxins have been used with great success in a variety of blood cancers, but they don't work as well in solid tumors because the cancers aren't as accessible and the toxins have a short half-life."

To get round this problem, Shah wanted to find a way to keep on producing the anti-cancer agents, preferably while having reached into the tumors' core.

In Stem Cells, Shah has announced success, at least with mice.

“A few years ago we recognized that stem cells could be used to continuously deliver these therapeutic toxins to tumors in the brain, but first we needed to genetically engineer stem cells that could resist being killed themselves by the toxins,” Shah says. “Now, we have toxin-resistant stem cells that can make and release cancer-killing drugs.”

PE will kill any cell it can get inside, but other labs have succeeded in making it and other cytotoxins enter cancer cells but be resisted by normal cells.

- Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Cancer-Destroyers | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/stem-cells-turned-cancer-destroyers)

WOW!!!

8 Mindblowing Facts About Eyes - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/8-mindblowing-facts-about-eyes-2014-10?utm_content=buffer92637&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Pretty insane. Not much and no way I'd be sleeping in the kitchen!


This Is The Apartment You Can Rent For $1200 In London

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/538f0eeb6bb3f76673b5dd76-480/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-81813-am.png

Read more: London's Shoe Box Flat - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/londons-shoe-box-flat-2014-6#ixzz3HJZSJ7OF)

Cool infographic and article about Mars Journey!

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/946xvariable_height/public/thumbnails/image/journey_to_mars.jpeg?itok=T4v1OZxl

- NASA's Journey to Mars | NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-human-path-to-mars/#.VH4YWtLF_To)

Superfast Clotting Agent Could Save Many Lives | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/superfast-clotting-agent-could-save-many-lives)

This is cool!

Ravens Have Social Abilities Previously Only Seen In Humans | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ravens-have-social-abilities-previously-only-seen-humans)

Tallest buildings that were never completed.

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5475d85cdd0895dc7a8b4577-1200-924/10%20tallest%20building%20never%20built.png

- 10 Tallest Buildings Never Finished - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/10-tallest-buildings-never-finished-2014-11?utm_content=buffer2dcd1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Underground parks a solution to overcrowded cities?

http://www.iflscience.com/sites/www.iflscience.com/files/styles/ifls_large/public/blog/%5Bnid%5D/solartechcou.jpg?itok=n5ne_nXr

- Solar Technology Could Make Underground Parks In Cramped Cities Possible | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-technology-could-make-underground-parks-cramped-cities-possible)

I really like it.

Researchers Closer To Using Light Instead of Wires In Computers | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/physics/researchers-closer-using-optics-instead-wires-computers)

Hmmmm, this is interesting

http://i.imgur.com/swjVxYH.jpg

- http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-******s

Ultrasound Used To Create 3D Shapes In Mid Air That Can Be Seen And Felt

http://www.iflscience.com/sites/www.iflscience.com/files/styles/ifls_large/public/blog/%5Bnid%5D/shape.png?itok=HYj2wsY-


You may not have heard of it before, but haptic technology is all around us. The buzz of your smartphone as you tap the keys, or the rumble of your Wii controller as you smash a tennis ball are both haptic effects. But this touch feedback technology has uses far beyond enhancing your game experience; it’s used in rehabilitation of stroke patients and even surgical training. Now, scientists have invented a new method of haptic feedback using ultrasound, which creates 3D haptic shapes in mid-air that can be seen and felt.

The researchers, who are based at the University of Bristol, envisage that this innovative technology could transform the way that we use 3D haptic shapes. It could lead to touchable holograms to augment learning, or enhanced gaming experience by allowing users to feel features of the game, such as a football. It could even have a place in medicine, for example by allowing surgeons to physically feel tumors by exploring CT scans.

- Ultrasound Used To Create 3D Shapes In Mid Air That Can Be Seen And Felt | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/technology/ultrasound-used-create-3d-shapes-mid-air-can-be-seen-and-felt)

NASA Announces Plans To Send Astronauts To Mars In Mid-2030s | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-astronauts-will-head-mars-mid-2030s)

Stunning Photos Of Dried Whisky Under A Microscope | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/stunning-photos-dried-whisky)

Astronomers Spot Massive Blue Stars Beginning To Merge | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/space/supermassive-merger-blue-stellar-giants-underway)

Solar System Facts: A Guide to Things Orbiting Our Sun (http://www.space.com/56-our-solar-system-facts-formation-and-discovery.html?adbid=10152497794796466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20141211_37081217)

This material has great potential. In body armor and building materials. I know it still needs a bit of work but I think it's pretty cool. https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/stronger-steel-material-could-change-world-170000764.html

This is pretty cool.

http://www.mactropolis.com/images/blog/mac-addict-mailbox.jpg

How to recover deleted photos from a memory card - CNET (http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-recover-deleted-photos-from-a-memory-card/)

Planet Uranus: Facts About Its Name, Moons and Orbit (http://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earths-solar-system-was-first-discovered-planet.html?adbid=10152530754021466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20141228_35904127)

Christmas by the numbers!

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The Wormhole!

http://i.space.com/images/i/000/028/510/i02/shutterstock_25016035.jpg?1367271990

What is a Wormhole? | Facts, Theory & Definition of Wormholes (http://www.space.com/20881-wormholes.html?adbid=10152528957311466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20141227_37567877)

What space might smell like:

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http://vimeo.com/111882554

Saw this talk this weekend. Pretty impressive stuff and a little scary. I'm sure if this is in the public, there are "agencies" that have much improved versions already.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_rubinstein_see_invisible_motion_hear_silen t_sounds_cool_creepy_we_can_t_decide

Thanks for posting that. I'm going to have to check that out!

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Bill is back at the top of the worlds richest!

79.2 B. Just think of all the highways I could build and powerlines I could bury! ;)

The World's Billionaires - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_channel=Lists&linkId=12634470)

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12 Vehicles You Can?t Own In the U.S. - Land of the Free - Gear Heads (http://gearheads.org/12-vehicles-you-cant-own-in-the-u-s-land-of-the-free/)

Yellowstone National Park - Winter in Yellowstone - Pictures - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/winter-in-yellowstone/)

Saw this talk this weekend. Pretty impressive stuff and a little scary. I'm sure if this is in the public, there are "agencies" that have much improved versions already.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_rubinstein_see_invisible_motion_hear_silen t_sounds_cool_creepy_we_can_t_decideWOW!!!! I am extremely interested in that. I once had an idea of measuring sound with cameras and wanted to find a way to do it. I thought perhaps you zoom in using a special camera to see the vibrations that would reveal what was being said or emitted. I was going all about it wrong. Really cool stuff!

FDA: genetically modified potatoes and apples that don't bruise or turn brown are safe - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/fda-genetically-modified-potatoes-and-apples-that-dont-bruise-or-turn-brown-are-safe-2015-3?utm_content=buffer79b5c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

This is great news!

http://www.nei.org/getmedia/7d843ecd-e434-40c2-827e-15422fefb980/2015-Spring-Public-Opinion-copy?width=664&height=434

Nuclear Energy Institute - New Survey Shows Stronger Support for Nuclear Energy (http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/New-Survey-Shows-Stronger-Support-for-Nuclear-Ener)

I personally would love to see some nuclear power plants be built in OKC and coal fire plants and natural gas plants done away with.

http://www.cnet.com/products/pixelstick/

The strange history of the 1930s Soviet propaganda plane | ideas.ted.com (http://ideas.ted.com/the-strange-history-of-a-futuristic-soviet-propaganda-plane/)

The strange stories behind airports' 3-letter nicknames - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/the-strange-stories-behind-airports-3-letter-nicknames-2015-3?utm_content=buffer9f81e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Clean Sea Fuels | Marine Pollution - Garbage Patch - Indiegogo (http://www.cleanseafuels.com/)

Been a while since anyone posted here. Found this pretty interesting. Man-made, ferromagnetic diamonds created at ambient temperatures and pressures.
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-phase-carbon-diamond-room-temperature.html

Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a new phase of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which is distinct from the known phases of graphite and diamond. They have also developed a technique for using Q-carbon to make diamond-related structures at room temperature and at ambient atmospheric pressure in air.