ORNL researchers win 8 R&D 100 awards (EurekAlert!)( DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory ) Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won eight R&D 100 Awards, which are presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year’s most significant technological innovations.
Cooking with sound — Score stove enters test stage (EurekAlert!)( University of Nottingham ) A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world’s poorest communities is now being tested across the UK and in Nepal. The Score project, led by the University of Nottingham, is developing a biomass burning cooking stove which also converts heat into acoustic energy and then into electricity, all in one unit.
The Conservative EuroMP who sparked the row over the National Health Service last night hit back at his critics by branding them “fatuous” and “asinine.” bio magnets
US President Barack Obama’s stepmother has said she owes her life to the NHS. bio magnets
Diagnosed with the breast cancer that killed her mother Sarah Gabriel embarked on the traumatic road to surgery. In this extract from her powerful memoir Eating Pomegranates she tackles the most painful question - what do I tell the children? bio magnets
I’ve experienced healthcare in the US and believe me it wasn’t nice writes David Millward. bio magnets
