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New Scientist Tech - Weapons Technology

Fake documents can buy dirty bomb material - WITH all the security measures in place against terrorist attacks, you might think it would be difficult to obtain enough radioactive material from within the US to build a dirty bomb. It turns out that all you need is a little ingenuity and one fake fax.

ABC News: Technology

CoolCop Beats the Heat - It's not Robocop. It's cooler. A California sergeant-by-day, inventor-by-night has revolutionized the way that cops keep cool as summer temperatures soar.

Squirming Larvae Pulled From Man's Head - Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition

Water find 'may end Darfur war' - A huge underground lake has been found in Sudan's Darfur region, scientists say, which they believe could help end the conflict in the arid region.

Reuters: Science

From Wales, a box to make biofuel from car fumes - The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it. They have developed a box which they say can be fixed underneath a car in place of the exhaust to trap the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming -- including carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide -- and emit mostly water vapor.

Technology Review Feed - Nanotech Top Stories

Nanoglue Sticks Underwater - Bandages might stay put even after a swim, thanks to a new adhesive developed by researchers at Northwestern University. The glue not only works well on wet surfaces, but it can also be pulled off and reused more than a thousand times.

New Scientist - Energy and Fuels

Summer sun can provide winter heat - RELYING on solar heating might sound like a bad idea if you live in a country that sees little daylight for much of the winter. Yet that's exactly what 50 households in Anneburg, Sweden, have been doing for the past two years. During the summer, water is pumped through rooftop solar heaters to warm it, before being stored in pipes embedded in granite 65 metres below ground. The water is kept hot by the rock, and can then be pumped back up to heat homes in winter.

Physics Org

Researchers develop inexpensive, easy process to produce solar panels - Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.

Scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue - University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue.

Researchers discover gene responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome - An international team of researchers has identified the first gene associated with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. Restless legs syndrome is a condition that produces an intense, often irresistible urge to move the legs and is a major cause of insomnia and sleep disruption. RLS affects approximately 10 percent of the U.S. population and about one percent of school-aged children. The discovery provides strong new evidence that RLS is a genuine syndrome, a fact which has recently been the subject of some debate