Smart insulin patch could replace painful injections for diabetes

The "smart insulin patch," developed by researchers in the joint UNC/NC State Biomedical Engineering Department. Credit: The lab of Zhen Gu, Ph.D.

"Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention from researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State, who have created the first "smart insulin patch" that can detect increases in blood sugar levels and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed."

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Renewable energy from evaporating water (w/ Video)

The "moisture mill" is a new kind of turbine engine that turns
continuously as water evaporates from the wet paper lining the walls of
the engine. Credit: Joe Turner Lin

"An immensely powerful yet invisible force pulls water from the earth to the top of the tallest redwood and delivers snow to the tops of the Himalayas. Yet despite the power of evaporating water, its potential to propel self-sufficient devices or produce electricity has remained largely untapped—until now."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-renewable-energy-evaporating-video.html#jCp

Breath test for detecting head and neck cancer

 Source: Alain Herzog/EPFL

" A portable device can detect the presence of certain types of cancer in people's breath. Tested on patients, the new device was developed in part by EPFL researchers as part of an international collaboration."

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Engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert US to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050

Stanford Professor Mark
Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each
state's new power demands using only the renewable energies – wind,
solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave –
available to each state. Credit: Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-state-by-state-renewable-energy.html#jCp

Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each state's new power demands using only the renewable energies – wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave – available to each state. Credit: Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock

"One potential way to combat ongoing climate change, eliminate air pollution mortality, create jobs and stabilize energy prices involves converting the world's entire energy infrastructure to run on clean, renewable energy."

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