By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine A retina made in a laboratory in Japan could pave the way for treatments for human eye diseases, including some forms of blindness. Created by coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into a precise three-dimensional assembly, the 'retina in a dish' is by far and away the most complex biological tissue engineered yet, scientists say
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After years of declines, rates of teen substance abuse are tending upward
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After years of declines, rates of teen substance abuse are tending upward
Read More »Teen drug abuse rising: Why?
After years of declines, rates of teen substance abuse are tending upward
Read More »Teen drug abuse rising: Why?
After years of declines, rates of teen substance abuse are tending upward
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After years of declines, rates of teen substance abuse are tending upward
Read More »MyVoice, a Great App for the Speech-Disabled, Is Foursquare Meets Text-to-Speech
The MyVoice app offers up location-based searchable phrases and helps users easily navigate social situations.
Read More »Lofting Aspirations: SpaceX Plans to Launch World’s Most Powerful Rocket in 2013
Come 2013, the burliest rocket in the world may belong not to NASA, Boeing or any of the other traditional heavy-hitters in the aerospace field. It will belong to a relative newcomer, if start-up spaceflight firm SpaceX has its way
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Some everyday behaviors can be surprisingly toxic to your ticker
Read More »White iPhone Becomes White Elephant, Report Shows Strong Facebook Sharing ROI, Branson Dives Deep, and More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Is Apple Trying to Forget the White iPhone? Apple appears to be erasing traces of the coveted white iPhone because it secretly plans to kill it--if you believe the conspiracy theorists who noted that images of the device went missing from the store late last night.
Read More »Slideshow: Slideshow: Par 3 fun at Augusta National
Take a look at photos as the golfers clown around during the Par 3 competition at the 2011 Masters.
Read More »Disney to offer cruises from NYC, Seattle, Texas
The Disney Cruise Line will set sail from New York, Seattle, and Galveston, Texas, beginning next year.
Read More »Jonesing for java? Blame it on your genes
Whether or not you're a caffeine junkie is in part determined by your genes, a new study says.
Read More »Single Device Captures Sun’s Light and Heat
Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don’t take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar energy reaching the cell. The sun’s heat can be captured to warm up liquid that can then warm a building’s water, but those devices don’t generate electricity
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