M.I.T.: Oil-absorbing nanotech could have cleaned up Deepwater in one month [video]

It looks like a solar-powered treadmill, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) say they have created a flat, conveyor belt–like device that could clean up oil slicks far more efficiently than anything used at the Deepwater Horizon site. They key is a nanoparticle-infused, water-repelling mesh coating a conveyor belt. As important is [...]

Seeing A Bionic Eye On Medicine’s Horizon

Seeing A Bionic Eye On Medicine’s Horizon Tel Aviv University pioneers research for new retinal implant technologyTelevision’s Six Million Dollar Man foresaw a future when man and machine would become one. New research at Tel Aviv University is making this futuristic “vision” of bionics a reality.Prof. Yael Hanein of Tel Aviv University’s School of Electrical [...]