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Superconductors Make Life (and Science Fiction) Awesome
If you've ever had an MRI scan or accelerated a sub-atomic particle to near light speed, then you've experienced the wonders of superconductors. Here's how they work, what they do, and how they can be used in science fiction. More »

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By Ed Grabianowski
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What's the Future of Cancer Diagnosis?
I talked about the importance of early cancer diagnosis in a previous post, and reader Ian wrote back to ask for more detail. Early detection can be life-saving, but accuracy in these tests is also a serious problem - a test that misses existing cancers is obviously bad, but one that detects cancers that aren't there or suggests a future cancer that will never develop can expose patients to unnecessary procedures, some of them invasive. I'm not knocking cancer screening — just noting that, for a given test, the potential for early detection is not the whole story. Early unambiguous detection is the goal. Let's take a look at a few of the methods we can apply to improve cancer diagnosis. More »

10/09/08

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By Terry Johnson
#madmedicine
Ingestible Robots Survey Your Esophagus, Stomach, and Intestines

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Scientists Use Your Brain to Read Other People's Minds

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