Lifeboat Foundation

Get your digital edition of BBC Knowledge Magazine subscriptions and digital issues online from Magzter. Buy, download and read BBC Knowledge Magazine on your iPad, iPhone, Android, Tablets, Kindle Fire, Windows 8, Web, Mac and PCs only from Magzter — The Digital Newsstand.

“All galaxies, including our own, are embedded within a vast sphere of black holes each about 30 times the sun’s mass,” says Alexander Kashlinsky, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Nice read that places things into perspective.

David Panchision, Ph.D., NIMH program director for stem cell research, discusses the promise of induced pluripotent stem cells and organoids for understanding and treating mental illness.

Continue reading “IPS Cells & Organoids — Sci-Fi vs Reality” »

Taking your old Inkjet printer and turning it into a semi-3D Printer.

Want to make a smart coffee mug that signals “hot”? A customized printer can make the flexible circuits and supercapacitors you’ll need.

Good work by Microsoft.

Autism is a spectrum disorder, meaning not all people that meet the classification have identical behaviors. Some of these folks are very functional, while others may struggle more to socialize, or not be able to hold jobs.

Continue reading “Microsoft uses BBC Micro Bit and virtual reality to prepare autistic kids for jobs” »

A team of scientists from Oxford University has shown how the natural movement of bacteria could be harnessed to assemble and power microscopic ‘windfarms’ — or other man-made micromachines such as smartphone components.

The study, published in the journal Science Advances (“Active micromachines: Microfluidics powered by mesoscale turbulenceence”), uses computer simulations to demonstrate that the chaotic swarming effect of dense active matter such as bacteria can be organised to turn cylindrical rotors and provide a steady power source.

Continue reading “Scientists simulate tiny bacteria-powered ‘windfarm’ to power micromachines” »

Although this article doesn’t mention this; I am more concern about the clean up and protection of space from environmental damage from space junk like malfunction equipment left in space and the future of mining in space by China and others. I believe NASA and others need to perform some serious work in presenting cause & effect findings to the public so that everyone is aware what we could expect from the result of mining, etc.

However the Democrats weigh in on D.C. statehood and closing Guantanamo.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eUlKwvhSu3M

A new artificially organic stingray created by a team of researchers is redefining what constitutes a living organism. The small stingray is controlled and powered by light-activated cells taken from a rat’s heart. All anatomical features relative to a real stingray are present on the artificial creature which utilizes a polymer skin to create structure. Cells embed inside the skin are capable of flapping the wings of the stingray, propelling it through the water as well as controlling direction with the artificial stingray tail.

Very cool.

MIAMI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — A new type of Nano bead, a medical magnetic bead, offers better treatment for some liver cancers. It’s called the LUMI bead and it lets doctors see in real time if the bead is delivered to the target.

Robert Freeman had retired to Florida and was enjoying life when he got the news. He had stage four liver cancer. His doctor put him on chemotherapy right away.

Continue reading “Beads blast cancer tumors” »