Recent Discoveries and Breakthroughs

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10 Ig Nobel Prizes For 2012: Recognition Of Funny, Obscure Research

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Disney© USB Wristbands Mix Fashion with Function

by Steve Levenstein

Each of these three different USB flash memory wristbands from Strapya World sports bright colors and Disney© characters while concealing a 256MB USB thumb drive. Functional fashion for the computer education generation!

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Drive A Car 500 Miles on 5 Minutes of Electricity?

by Lisa Zyga

The greatest challenge facing the electric car industry is battery storage. But a small, reclusive start-up company in Austin, Texas shows signs to be designing a car that can plug in for 5 minutes and drive 500 miles. read more »

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T.C. Williams High School Wins the Green Innovation Award

by Gloria Campos

It's been proven. Schools can be green and fabulous.

A new state-of-the-art school, T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, has won the Green Innovations Award in the Best Institutional Project category at the Virginia Sustainable Building Network's annual meeting. read more »

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Want Muscles? Doctor Discovers Protein for Extreme Muscle Growth

by Lisa Zyga

When mice lack one protein, myostatin, and have overproduction of a second protein, follistatin, new research shows that the animals can increase their muscle fiber size by 117 percent. The discovery could be useful for treating patients with muscular dystrophy.

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Sagging Breasts Need A Lift? Cup&Up To The Rescue!

by Boomer Babe

Cup&Up By MIM

In the not-too-distant-future, you'll be able to have your sagging breasts lifted on your lunch hour! Well, just about.... An Israeli company, MIM (Minimally Invasive Mastopexy) has developed a two-hole breast lift procedure to insert what amounts to a permanent push-up bra under your breasts. How clever and how considerate!

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Japanese Wasp Crackers - made with Real Wasps

by Steve Levenstein

From Japan, the land that gave us living sushi, octopus balls and horsemeat ice cream comes a new taste sensation - of nausea! Crispy Wasp Rice Crackers made with real Digger Wasps... kinda like Honeycomb cereal with actual bees!

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Ultrasound Stops Bleeding Lungs from Outside the Body

by Lisa Zyga

Scientists have discovered a way to heal punctured lungs without the need for difficult invasive surgeries. Using a beam of ultrasound, doctors may be able to pinpoint the torn location, focus the hot rays, and cause blood cells to seal the wound. read more »

Good-Bye Chemotheraphy? Retired Broadcaster Designs Possible Breakthrough Cancer Cure

by Lisa Zyga

"Nanotechnology"--the very word sounds complicated to your average human being. But a 63-year-old leukemia patient from Florida who never earned a college degree recently designed a method using nanotechnology that may make chemotherapy an archaic treatment of the past. read more »

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Flying Saucers for Sale in California

by Lisa Zyga

A car-sized "flying saucer" has been developed by a company in Davis, California called Moller International. The saucer can carry 250 pounds, flies 10 feet high, and can be bought for $90,000. read more »

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Japan Plans to Replace the Internet

by Steve Levenstein

"The Internet is dead, long live the Internet!"... or something like that. The Japanese communications ministry is planning a new and improved post-Internet technology that will make today's spam & hacker infested web a thing of the past. The scary part? "Cooperating with other nations, including the United States, will be an option."

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