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delicious for some, potentially deadly for others (Image: Craig Engbrecht..." alt="A bowl of nuts - delicious for some, potentially deadly for others (Image: Craig Engbrecht..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>There is no known cure for food allergies with sufferers forced to constantly check the ingredients on food packaging and make enquiries at restaurants before digging into a meal. Even taking such precautions it is almost impossible to avoid all food allergen exposure, especially with children. With even minor exposure having the potential to cause severe or even life threatening reactions in some people, the discovery of a way to turn off the immune system’s allergic reaction to certain proteins in mice, could have implications for the millions of food allergy sufferers worldwide. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/switching-off-allergic-reaction-to-food-in-mice/16554/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/organic-batteries/16400/">Electron switch could make thin, light, high-powered organic batteries a reality</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:49 September 16, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/organic-batteries/16400/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/organic-batteries/16400/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/spring-loadedmolecules.jpg" title="Illustration of an assembled set of different molecules that meet, exchange electrons and ..." alt="Illustration of an assembled set of different molecules that meet, exchange electrons and ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>There’s no arguing that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/batteries/" target="_blank">batteries</a> are an essential element of today’s electronics landscape. Without them our mobile devices would be a lot less mobile and we might still be crank starting our cars. The explosion in mobile electronic devices enabled by batteries and miniaturization has a major downside in the form of discarded batteries, the majority of which contain toxic heavy metals. Chemists have now discovered a new way to pass electrons back and forth between two molecules that could see the development of organic batteries that are lightweight and work without the need for toxic heavy metals. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/organic-batteries/16400/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-riverside-artificial-four-legged-molecular-machines/16374/">Study finds two-legged molecules can outrun their four-legged counterparts</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></p> <p><em>20:35 September 15, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-riverside-artificial-four-legged-molecular-machines/16374/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/walking_molecular_machine.jpg" title="A UC Riverside study have made important steps toward making artificial walking molecular ..." alt="A UC Riverside study have made important steps toward making artificial walking molecular ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Molecular machines that seem to "walk" in living organisms transporting proteins between cells are the subject of a new study by University of California, Riverside researchers who hope to find out more about how these remarkable machines behave, in a development that could lead to important breakthroughs in medicine and the manufacturing of electronic devices. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-riverside-artificial-four-legged-molecular-machines/16374/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/human-virus-cloned-new-vaccines/16366/">Human virus cloning first, new vaccines could result</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/bridget-borgobello/">Bridget Borgobello</a></p> <p><em>13:49 September 15, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/human-virus-cloned-new-vaccines/16366/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/clonedvirus.jpg" title="Human virus cloning first, new vaccines could result" alt="Human virus cloning first, new vaccines could result"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The cloning of human viruses may sound like the stuff of biological warfare, but breakthroughs in the area are helping in the development of antivirals and vaccines for life-threatening diseases. Now Welsh scientists have made the first complete copy of the virus Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) – a common infectious disease that is responsible for congenital malformations and potentially deadly to transplant patients or HIV/AIDS carriers. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/human-virus-cloned-new-vaccines/16366/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/money-hapiness-princeton/16299/">The price of happiness</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/bridget-borgobello/">Bridget Borgobello</a></p> <p><em>06:21 September 12, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/money-hapiness-princeton/16299/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/money-hapiness-princeton/16299/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/money-2.jpg" title="Princeton study shows that the perceived link between money and happiness is mostly an ill..." alt="Princeton study shows that the perceived link between money and happiness is mostly an ill..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Money won't make you happy, or at least, not <em>as</em> happy as you might think. A study by Princeton University researchers has shown that the link between earning more money and day-to-day happiness is a tenuous one – and extra dollars in your pocket doesn't necessarily translate to spending more time doing the things you enjoy. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/money-hapiness-princeton/16299/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/" style="float: left; ">SCIENCE AND EDUCATION</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/laws-of-physics-may-vary-throughout-the-universe/16329/">Laws of physics may just be 'local by-laws' </a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:36 September 9, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/laws-of-physics-may-vary-throughout-the-universe/16329/#comments">12 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/laws-of-physics-may-vary-throughout-the-universe/16329/picture/120495/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/laws-of-physics-may-vary-throughout-the-universe/16329/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/physicsvaries.jpg" title="Illustration of the dipolar variation in the fine-structure constant, alpha, across the sk..." alt="Illustration of the dipolar variation in the fine-structure constant, alpha, across the sk..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Star Trek’s Scotty was adamant that you “canna change the laws of physics,” but, according to a report from a team of astrophysicists based in Australia and England, that could be exactly what happens in different parts of the universe. The report describes how one of the supposed fundamental constants of Nature appears not to be constant after all. Instead, this 'magic number' known as the fine-structure constant – 'alpha' for short – appears to vary throughout the universe. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/laws-of-physics-may-vary-throughout-the-universe/16329/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/robotics/" style="float: left; ">ROBOTICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/">Willow Garage's PR2 robot now for sale</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:05 September 8, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/picture/120377/">11 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/pr2robot.jpg" title="PR2 robot" alt="PR2 robot"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Earlier this year we reported how Californian robotics company Willow Garage was giving away a number of its PR2 robots to various institutions as part of its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/willow-garage-pr2-beta-program/14117/" target="_blank">PR2 Beta program</a>. Lucky PR2 recipients were asked to use the robot to pursue their research and development goals and share their progress with the open source robotics community so that the community as a whole can build on each other’s results. Now anyone can get in the act with Willow Garage officially announcing commercial availability of the robot. And if you’ve got a proven track record in the open source community you could be eligible for a hefty discount. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/mobiletechnology/" style="float: left; ">MOBILE TECHNOLOGY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/dark-silicon-improves-smartphone-battery-life/16242/">'Dark silicon' used to boost smartphone battery life</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></p> <p><em>07:24 September 3, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/dark-silicon-improves-smartphone-battery-life/16242/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/greendroid-2.jpg" title="Researchers at UCSD have figured out a way to harness the unused transistors in a chip to ..." alt="Researchers at UCSD have figured out a way to harness the unused transistors in a chip to ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Adopting a new, highly automated and reconfigurable approach to hardware acceleration, researchers at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.ucsd.edu/" target="_blank">the University of California, San Diego</a> (UCSD) have come up with a way to harness the unused silicon real estate in smartphones – the so-called "dark silicon" – as special-purpose processors dynamically optimized to perform the most common tasks in an efficient way. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/dark-silicon-improves-smartphone-battery-life/16242/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchers-create-diseased-liver-cells/16168/">Creation of liver cells from skin cells gives hope in fight against liver disease</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>22:47 August 29, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101203001133im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchers-create-diseased-liver-cells/16168/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchers-create-diseased-liver-cells/16168/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/livercross-section.jpg" title="A human liver (Image: Department of Histology, Jagiellonian University Medical College)" alt="A human liver (Image: Department of Histology, Jagiellonian University Medical College)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Researching liver disorders is extremely difficult because liver cells (hepatocytes) cannot be grown in the laboratory. However, researchers at the University of Cambridge have now managed to create diseased liver cells from a small sample of human skin. The research shows that stem cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited disorders and paves the way for new liver disease research and possible cell-based therapy. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/researchers-create-diseased-liver-cells/16168/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/" style="float: left; ">ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/detecting-flow-of-spinning-electrons-in-real-time/16129/">Latest spintronics breakthrough detects flow of spinning electrons in real time</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>22:11 August 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/detecting-flow-of-spinning-electrons-in-real-time/16129/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/huizhao.jpg" title="The spintronics breakthrough by Hui Zhao could lead the way to the development of superior..." alt="The spintronics breakthrough by Hui Zhao could lead the way to the development of superior..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Spin electronics, or “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/spintronics/" target="_blank">spintronics</a>” promises to revolutionize computing. We’ve covered numerous breakthroughs in the field including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/spintronics-all-electric-spin-control/13226/" target="_blank">controlling the spin</a> of electrons, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-computing-researchers-control-electrons/14123/" target="_blank">manipulating single electrons independently</a>, and the first <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/first-plastic-spintronic-computer-memory-device/15989/" target="_blank">plastic spintronic computer memory device</a>. However, one major hurdle for spintronics researchers has been the difficulty in detecting the flow of spinning electrons in real time. The discovery of a new way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a semiconductor changes that and could lead the way to the development of superior computers and electronics. <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/detecting-flow-of-spinning-electrons-in-real-time/16129/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <center class="snap_noshots"> <div class="next_prev"><strong> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/research/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/research/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/research/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/research/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/research/2/">Next </a> » </strong></div> </center> <div class="dotsontop"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20101203001133/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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