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Today’s Magnetic Resonance Image scans can confirm the presence of a tumor. What they cannot do is tell doctors what is going on inside the tumor. However, UCSF scientists recently developed new...

August 1, 2012 10:14am

Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past for diabetics thanks to nano-technology. At UCSF Professor of bioengineering, Tejal Desai, implants millions of pancreatic cells that secrete...

90 | December 7, 2009 9:48am

Sonoma Wine Company in Graton, Calif., recently installed a unique solar array that generates both electricity and hot water in one system. SmartPlanet visits the wine producer's operations and...

15 | March 7, 2011 8:07am

We use bandages to protect our wounds, but what if they could accelerate our recovery? Or better yet, make our injuries hurt less. Procellera bandages accomplish that by creating a tiny electric...

3 | June 28, 2012 1:11pm

SRI International calls it Taurus. The 15-pound robot is being developed by researcher Tom Low to remove a roadside bomb in the middle of a war zone, or a suspicious package in the city....

3 | July 26, 2012 9:48am

Imagine turning your pictures into 3D models. Autodesk recently unveiled two pieces of software that allows users to create 3D objects from photos. We go behind the scenes to bring you the ABCs of...

8 | February 21, 2012 9:20am

The Turanor PlanetSolar is the first boat to travel the world using only solar power. It's covered in over 500 square meters of solar panels, which connect to one of the two electric motors in...

3 | August 3, 2011 2:18pm

Drivers and pedestrians often can't hear traditional sirens from approaching emergency vehicles. The Rumbler creates low-frequency tones that penetrate solid materials and enable people nearby to...

10 | July 21, 2011 4:51pm

There are iPhone cases for the fashionable, the hip and the accident-prone. Now there's one for the absent-minded. Kensington has created an app & case combo that alerts you once you've strayed...

3 | July 19, 2012 4:21pm

SkyLight's eponymous adapter mounts on a microscope and lets users magnify things such as flowers, insects, and pathogens with their smartphone and a microscope. SmartPlanet visits SkyLight...

March 26, 2012 8:40am

SRI researcher Phil Vahey is studying why many students flounder in math when they enter middle school. SmartPlanet visits the research organization and gets a tutorial on a more visual approach...

1 | May 24, 2012 9:32am

Empty wine bottles are no longer relegated to the recycling bin. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das shows us how Potting Shed Creations' GrowBottle re-purposes the bottles beautifully. Perfect for the...

2 | July 26, 2011 8:14am

In order to perform surgery on children, doctors often have to jury-rig adult instruments to fit their needs. But Pablo Garcia, a principal engineer at SRI International is working to solve this...

1 | August 8, 2011 7:02am

They're a modern-day must. Anyone who's ever forgotten their credit card at home or worse, lost it, knows exactly how crucial that piece of plastic truly is. With rampant fraud and ID theft...

9 | February 9, 2011 2:41pm

At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute talks about strategies to make oil-free automobiles. He believes that cars would be simpler and cheaper to...

23 | March 29, 2012 11:59am