Latest Articles on Space
-Snake Robot wants to be sent to Mars by the European Space Agency.
A new type of robot, being developed by the SINTEF Research Institute in Norway are looking into launching a robotic snake type machine up to Mars to help study the red planet. They started the project back in June and plan to have the project done by December. A snake shaped robot could fit into places that have never been seen before because of its shape and could help the world learn even more about Mars. There are still many obstacles for this project to ever become a reality, but the European Space Agency is already planning to launch a project known as ExoMars between 2016-2018, so this project could happen sometime in the next five to tens years.
Latest Articles on Health
-Tiny organs printed in 3-D aim for 'body in a chip' for better drug tests.
Miniature human organs made from 3-D printing could "create a body on a chip" that enables for better drug testing in the future. This idea is being back by the United States Department of Defense. The 2 inch 'body on a chip' would represent a realistic testing ground for how the human body would react to bad sicknesses. This could speed of the drug testing process as instead of testing it on animals such as mice, scientists could test it out on human cells. They have the ability to print solid miniature organs such as livers, hearts, lungs, and blood vessels. In the end, this type of testing could help scientists quickly develop a drug or vaccine for fast moving pandemics or bio-terrorism attacks.
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