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The Search for a Safer Helmet

The entire concept of a hard helmet should be scraped. It is weapon. Cyclists travel at much greater speeds and forces and do not use such a... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 27, 2011 at 3:34 PM EST

Detecting Concussion on the Football Field

concussions The observation of greatest concern is the massive under-reporting of concussions that occurs because of the culture of football. I... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 8, 2010 at 2:05 AM EDT

Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells

cancer The real problems in cancer treatment are resistance and metastasis. Many tumors respond to initial treatments only to come roaring back... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:01 PM EST

Sequencing Tumors to Target Treatment

disciple of the obvious Well duh. When Gleevec sent 80% of translocation positive CML patients into full remission everyone said this is it, the... (read full comment)  

Posted on October 11, 2009 at 10:58 AM EDT

Fermi Paradox Points to Fewer Than 10 Extraterrestrial Civilizations

advanced civlizations where are they? The big problem with all this speculation is the arrogant and statistically invalid assumption that the one... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 30, 2009 at 11:28 PM EDT

New Drug Kills Cancer with Few Side Effects

Targeted therapy is not new and has not proven particularly effective. It has worked in CML, that is until the cancer develops resistance which is... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 11:44 PM EDT

The Foundation of Reality: Information or Quantum Mechanics?

so it goes Going from the quantum entanglement and spookiness of sub atomic particles to the real world is like extrapolating from zero to... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM EDT

Ford's Bailout Plea Focuses on Energy Efficiency

Failure to innovate is only one problem for the automakers, the really big one is the albatross called the UAW chained to their necks. All three of... (read full comment)  

Posted on December 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM EST

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How to Catch Olympic Cheats

This strategy is already being used without challenge. For example, hematocrit levels are being used to show blood doping and EPO use in the... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 16, 2008 at 7:40 PM EDT

Better Batteries Charge Up

Why are they moving into EVs first, why not do some proof of principle in smaller electric devices just like A123 did with cordless tools. It does... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 5, 2008 at 10:41 PM EDT

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