What if the processors in a computer were alive, and the way to add more of them was simply to let them divide? A McGill University-led team has built a biocomputer that does exactly that. Instead of testing possible answers one after another, it lets bacteria spread through a maze of microscopic channels and explore many routes at once.
The work, described by McGill's Faculty of Engineering, is the product of a 20-year collaboration across Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia. ...
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How flu viruses gain the ability to spread
New study reveals the soft palate is a key site for evolution of airborne transmissibility.
Researchers from MIT and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) made the surprising finding on Flu virus, while examining the H1N1 flu strain, which caused a 2009 pandemic that killed more than 250,000 people
Scientists have discovered that the soft palate which is the soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth, plays a key role in viruses’ ability to travel through ...
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The White Goat – Office Machine that Recycles Office Paper into Toilet Paper
Japanese company Oriental invented a revolutionary and innovative White Goat machine which converts normal paper into toilet paper.
The machine recycles office paper into toilet paper right in your office. All you have to do is put paper and water in the machine and 30 minutes later out comes a roll of toilet paper.
The machine shreds the paper, dissolves it in water, thins it out, dries it and winds it around a roll.
Paper is thrown into a hopper and the machine untangles, shreds and u...
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