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http://www.inquisitr.com/165679/angela-zhang-cancer-research-siemens-competition-in-math-science-technology/ Zhang, a senior at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, took top individual honors for research that led to what she called a “Swiss army knife of cancer treatments” a gold-iron oxide nanoparticle that can precisely deliver chemotherapy to cancer tumors but not the surrounding healthy tissue, according to the Wall Street Journal and Mercury News. “She showed great creativity and initiative in designing a nanoparticle system that can be triggered to release drugs at the site of the tumor while also allowing for non-invasive imaging,” competition judge Tejal Desai, a professor at UC San Francisco, said in a statement.

Angela Zhang, 17, Wins $100K Science Prize for Cancer Research

Japan One Step Closer to Killing Us All With Robots By animaven 1 year, 3 months ago Anime fans are typically highly familiar with forever alone jokes.

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Throwable Camera Creates 360-Degree Panoramic Images

http://mashable.com/2011/10/25/throwable-ball-camera/ Are you, like so many others, tired of all those old-fashioned cameras you have to hold in order to take pictures?
You could soon be able to ‘feel’ touchscreen displays, thanks to technology being developed in Sweden. http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2011/07/08/tactile-pixels-let-you-feel-textures-on-touchscreens/

Tactile pixels let you 'feel' textures on touchscreen devices

If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills. https://caintechnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/64-things-every-geek-should-know/

64 Things Every Geek Should Know « Caintech.co.uk

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/03/augmented-reality-the-past-present-and-future/

Augmented Reality: Past, Present and Future - TNW Industry

You may have heard about augmented reality before.
There are a lot of questions in science that seem simple, but in fact lead to profound concepts. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/21/dont-cross-the-lhc-stream/#.UVvmiNGI70M

Don’t cross the LHC stream!

http://www.staplenews.com/home/2010/11/20/have-we-found-the-universe-that-existed-before-the-big-bang.html Click To Enlarge The current cosmological consensus is that the universe began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang. But a legendary physicist says he's found the first evidence of an eternal, cyclic cosmos.

Have We Found The Universe That Existed Before The Big Bang?

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Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms // Current

Researchers at Tokyo University have come up with a technology that is a first and significant step away from the mouse and keyboard – touchable holograms. [Hiroyuki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University]: "Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you'd try to touch it, your hand would go right through. But now we have a technology that also adds the sensation of touch to holograms."