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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
March 06, 2019

If you can manage to ignore that small robotic cheetah nipping at your heels, this week’s coolest scientific discoveries represent a lot of happy news, including a highly promising advance in HIV treatment, a futuristic house that generates more electricity than it consumes, and a better way to detect tiny tumors. And — OK — the cheetah is pretty cool too.

 

One Giant Leap For HIV Research

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
March 02, 2019
Atmospheric carbon gets turned back into coal, tobacco plants are repurposed as “green bioreactors,” and an artificial intelligence text generator becomes worrisomely good at its job. There’s all sorts of unexpected transformation — and more — in this week’s coolest scientific discoveries.
 

Could Coal Get The Benjamin Button Treatment?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03gWgCN61F0
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
January 07, 2019
As we blast off into a brave new year, this week’s most notable scientific advances have us contemplating childbirth in space, ever more precise ways to look into the human heart, and artificial-intelligence technology that can generate speech simply from reading brain waves. Plus: glass as you’ve never seen it before.
 

 

Star Child
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 12, 2018
A week of bio-inspiration: Scientists are figuring out how to use spider venom to treat cancer, and looking to plants for cues on making self-healing, carbon-fixing building materials. But the human body can be bio-inspiring too — so we’ve got a robot that can do parkour, as well, in the latest cool advances in science and tech.
 

 

Albert Einstein: ‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlaVHxUSiNk
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cancer treatment

Changing The Odds: A 3-Hour Treatment For Liver Cancer, No Radiation Required

Elizabeth Guido
August 24, 2018
When Georgeann Jansson was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of primary liver cancer, she immediately met with an oncologist to determine the best course of action.
The treatment would be taxing. She would need to either undergo surgery to remove part of her liver or be treated by rounds of chemotherapy or radiation, or both. And the prognosis was bleak — even with this aggressive strategy, she would potentially have only a few more months to live.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
July 20, 2018
"Radiologists can see the body in color, polymers are shifting between hard and soft states, flying cars are no longer a dream, and the military is bringing mind-controlled robots one step closer to reality. We’re back to the future in this week’s 5 Coolest Things.
 

In Living Color: X-Rays
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
July 07, 2018
"This week we learned about a cloaking device that helps medicine sneak up on cancer cells, a tiny brain for a tiny drone, and “smart outlets” that can learn the difference between harmless power surges and dangerous ones. What a trip!
 

A Trojan Horse Approach To Cancer
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Elizabeth Hamilton
Tomas Kellner
June 29, 2018
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Scientists in Japan developed a flying DRAGON robot, their peers in California built artificial human immune cells that could one day fight cancers, and a team at NASA found a way to make jets quieter. Science is powering ahead. You’ve heard it here loud and clear.

 

Flying Dragon Robot

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GE Healthcare

How One Parent’s Heartbreak Turned Into Cancer Care For 7,000 Malaysians

June 05, 2018
In Malaysia, it’s estimated that almost 40,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year and more than half of them will be lost to the disease1. But one young patient’s cancer diagnosis and death has drastically impacted how cancer is viewed throughout this tropical country in Southeast Asia.
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
March 02, 2018
This week we learned about lab-grown “mini tumors” than could help doctors pick the right treatments for cancer, microrobots inspired by jumping spiders, and an electronically controlled artificial eye that’s thinner than a strand of human hair and can tune out its flaws. This is all science, friends, no fiction!
 

 

Behold The Artificial Eye
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