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Friday November 16, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body Nanotech yarn behaves like super-strong muscle Internet activists on red alert ahead of United Nations conference ‘Cloning’ could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics Carbon nanotubes may protect DNA from oxidation Google has officially eaten the newspaper industry Lost in space: rogue planet spotted? Hovering moon base may be on NASA’s horizon Latest News New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body November 16, 2012   MIT chemical engineers have designed an injectable gel that responds to the body’s high temperature by forming a reinforcing network that makes the gel much more durable, allowing it to function over a longer period of time. Gels that can be injected into the body, carrying drugs or cells that regenerate damaged tissue, hold promise … more… Nanotech yarn behaves like super-strong muscle November 16, 2012   New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international team from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and … more… Internet activists on red alert ahead of United Nations conference November 16, 2012   Internet activists are warning that next month’s meeting of the International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations body charged with overseeing global communications, may have significant and potentially disastrous consequences for everyday Internet users, Mashable reports. Called the World Conference on International Telecommunications, the meeting is intended to update some of the aging international law that … more… ‘Cloning’ could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics November 16, 2012   A technique for growing virtually pure samples of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with identical structures has been demonstrated by researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). They liken this process to “cloning” the nanotubes. If it can be suitably scaled up, their approach could solve an important materials problem … more… Carbon nanotubes may protect DNA from oxidation November 16, 2012   Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may help protect DNA molecules from damage by oxidation, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found. In nature, oxidation is a common chemical process in which a reactive chemical removes electrons from DNA and may increase the chance for mutations in cells. More studies are needed … more… Google has officially eaten the newspaper industry November 16, 2012   Newspapers have continued to churn out the same content while watching their advertisers steadily flee for sites like Craigslist, Yahoo, the Huffington Post/AOL, Facebook, and Google, says writer Will Oremus in Slate Future Tense. .   The chart above, from Statista’s Felix Richter, plots Google’s digital advertising revenue against the print advertising revenue of all U.S. newspapers and … more… Lost in space: rogue planet spotted? November 16, 2012   Astronomers have identified an object that could be a planet wandering through space without a parent star at a distance of about 100 light-years. Its closeness and the absence of a nearby bright star have allowed the team to study its atmosphere in great detail. Free-floating planets are planetary-mass objects that roam through space without … more… Hovering moon base may be on NASA’s horizon November 16, 2012   NASA is considering plans for a hovering moon base parked in orbit about 60,000 kilometers from the moon’s far side, at Lagrange point 2 (EML-2), New Scientist reports. There, the combined gravity of Earth and the moon would tug on a spacecraft with exactly the force needed for it to hover near the moon without spending fuel. This … more… New books Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing author The Editors MAKE of   The 3D printing revolution is well upon us, with new machines appearing at an amazing rate. With the abundance of information and options out there, how are makers to choose the 3D printer that’s right for them? MAKE is here to help, with our Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. We brought 16 of the … more… Visit KurzweilAI.net You are currently subscribed to the KurzweilAI.net newsletter as *|EMAIL|* To unsubscribe, please click here. To change your email preferences, please click here. *|LIST:ADDRESS|*.