Attack of the Cy-bugs

19Jun08

Scientists at Cornell University have successfully created hybrid insects whose muscles can be controlled by implanted electronics.  The goal is to control the flight of these microsystem-controlled insects, making human control over nature ever more plausible.  Such life forms have a variety of applications, ranging from crime investigation to military and homeland security.   These […]

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Tags: Cornell University, Cyborg, DARPA, Hybrid Insects

A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips?

03Jun08

Is this really the full story?     “Place the chocolate-iced custard-filled doughnut back on the second shelf and step away from the fridge,” whispers the voice in my head as I’m about to indulge in my guilty pleasure.  My conscience overrides my taste buds and I restrain myself from consuming the fourth delicacy of […]

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Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Doughnut, Genes, Imperial College, Krispy Kreme, Obesity

Lone asylum-seeking children need better care

01Jun08

Upon arrival she was only 16 years old.  Her mother had passed away as a result of a fatal neurological disorder, she doesn’t know who her real father is and after a decade of cruel detention in her home country of Burundi there was only one option – to escape, and escape she did.   […]

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Tags: Asylum, Imperial College, Psychology