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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
June 10, 2016
We’ve had the data cloud for some time — now comes data slime. We learned this week that scientists at Harvard were able to store data in Escherichia coli bacteria. Elsewhere, researchers found a second layer of information hidden inside DNA, and Microsoft data scientists used online search logs to detect pancreatic cancer in some cases even before medical diagnosis.
 

 
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
March 18, 2016
In this week’s haul of news about scientific discoveries, we found stories about a pregnant dinosaur, the oldest decoded “ancient human” DNA and how selfless driving could lead to fewer traffic jams. Take a look.
 

 

 

Scientists Find a “Pregnant” T-Rex
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
March 03, 2016
This week’s discoveries include a 3D-printed version of “frozen smoke” that could lead to invisibility cloaks, a mummy with a colon cancer gene mutation suggesting that colorectal cancer may not be solely a product of the modern lifestyle and fungus that may be the very first ancestor of all life on land.
 

A 3D-Printed Invisibility Cloak?
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
February 04, 2016
From contact lenses that double as computer screens to roads in France paved with solar panels, the past week brought a grab bag of breakthroughs, including a mushroom burial suit that turns bodies into composts. Here’s the haul.
 

Honey, I Shrunk Google Glass
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best of 2015

19 Tech Stories From 2015 You Should Know About

Tomas Kellner
December 26, 2015
There were many tech stories that caught our eye in 2015. Here are 19 examples that either touch on GE technology and research or received funding from the company. They stretch from the depths of the human genome to edge of the solar system. Take a look:
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genetics

The Ultimate Coders: Revolutionary New Tool Can Rewrite DNA

October 01, 2015
At the most fundamental level, we are all code. The typical human body is an assembly of some 37 trillion cells, and each holds all the information needed to make a complete human being.
Our DNA, the double-stranded helix responsible for heredity, contains 3 billion letters that dictate everything from hair and skin color to blood type. In fact, DNA is the most important identity document we will ever carry. Besides random mutations and damage, it doesn’t change from the day we’re born.
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Human Protein Atlas Charts the Road to Personalized Medicine

August 09, 2015
Over a decade ago, the Human Genome Project gave us the first blueprint of our genetic code, opening the door to a future where medical interventions could be personalized for each patient’s genetic composition. Today, programs like the Human Protein Atlas are zooming in even deeper, mapping out not just the DNA that defines our bodies, but also the building blocks – specifically, the proteins – that make them tick (or sick).
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Mike Johns: Healthcare's New Home: Everywhere

Mike Johns University Of Michigan
September 25, 2014
”I’ve never had but one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it,” said Jeanne Calment, who died of natural causes at age 122 as the oldest person on record in 1997.
 

While you can argue the actual number of wrinkles on her body, it’s more interesting to consider how Calment lived so far beyond average life expectancy when the vast majority of human lives are cut short by disease.
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