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- Scientists turn spinach into human heart tissue Wed, 29 Mar 17, 12:58amPopeye was right: spinach really is good for the muscles, and not just the ones in your biceps. In fact, scientists have discovered a way to use the leafy stuff, which has a vascular system not dissimilar to ours, to grow...
- InStep NanoPower shoes harvest kinetic energy while you walk Wed, 17 Feb 16, 12:00amHarnessing abundant but inaccessible energy from unlikely sources may soon be as simple as taking a walk in the park. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new method of harvesting kinetic energy...
- Step into the future with InStep NanoPower shoes that harvest kinetic energy Wed, 17 Feb 16, 12:00amHarnessing abundant but inaccessible energy from unlikely sources may soon be as simple as taking a walk in the park. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new method of harvesting kinetic energy...
- Scientists Just Created a Virus With the Potential to Wipe Out Humanity Fri, 4 Jul 14, 7:40amIt’s like something you would expect out of a horror movie, but this story is unfortunately all true. A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - ignoring every virus-related thriller ever - recently created a...
- Scientists Just Created a Virus With Potential to Destroy the World Thu, 3 Jul 14, 8:00pmIt’s like something you would expect out of a horror movie, but this story is unfortunately all true. A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - ignoring every virus-related thriller ever - recently created a...
- Scientists Just Created a Virus that Has the Potential to Destroy the World Thu, 3 Jul 14, 8:00pmIt’s like something you would expect out of a horror movie, but this story is unfortunately all true. A professor at a University lab - ignoring every virus-related thriller ever - recently created a strain of the H1N1...
- Oldest Fragment of Earth Ever Found is Confirmed to be 4.4 Billion Years Old Tue, 25 Feb 14, 8:20amIf you thought that diamonds were forever, they have absolutely nothing on the zircon of Jack Hills, Australia. Professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin, John Valley has confirmed that this bit of Earth's crust...
- The Electricity-Free Biobulb Uses Bacteria to Glow in the Dark Fri, 16 Aug 13, 7:21amTechnology has come a long way since Edison patented the light bulb back in 1880. A group of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are launching a project to crowdfund the production of the Biobulb—a light...
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Develops Solar System Inspired by Sunflowers Sat, 18 Aug 12, 1:07amIn January, Inhabitat reported that scientists at MIT and RWTH Aachen University were revolutionizing the effectiveness of concentrated solar plants by emulating the pattern found on a sunflower known in science as Fermat’s...