Hot Recent Science & Technology Articles (3)

Posted: 9/28/2014

1. Scientists discover an on/off switch for aging cells  The switch controls the growth of telomeres, the timekeepers of cells (The real fountain of youth is becoming reality)
2. Weird New Graphene Effect Makes Electrons Scoot Sideways (What little do humans know even about electrons!)
3. Geochemical signals foretell Icelandic earthquakes (Finally, a more reliable predictor of earthquakes? Geochemical signals in groundwater.)
4. “Twisted” Radio Beams Data at 32 Gigabits per Second (This could be big news!)
5. Hacked Photosynthesis Could Boost Crop Yields An algal enzyme is found to speed up the rate at which plants make food
6. How to Beat Cancer with Yogurt Bacteria [feature] (This overview article is actually about four new approaches to fighting cancer. Cancer is history!)
7. Researcher shows that black holes do not exist (This is either a hoax, or human mistake, or a Noble Prize for this apparently low key female physicist from Albania, an associate professor at the UNC North Carolina College of Arts & Science)
8. Bacterial 'communication system' could be used to stop, kill cancer cells, study finds (This could be big news! Cancer (in this case difficult to cure pancreatic cancer) is history!