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Research and innovation are instrumental in the green movement because they continually advance the environmental friendliness of so many industries and products. Over the years, green products continue to improve — thanks to immeasurable amounts of research — and the innovations made as a result of the findings are implemented into industry (and ultimately, people's daily lives), to the environment's great benefit. (Photo: Flickr)

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Dog outperforms lab test at detecting cancer

Tue, Feb 01 2011 at 3:10 AM

A black lab named Marine can scent bowel cancer in breath and stool samples as accurately as hi-tech diagnostic tools.
South Carolina scientist works to grow meat in lab

Sun, Jan 30 2011 at 10:00 AM

Scientists believe "cultured" meat could solve future food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.
Step aside, Edison: The Cree TrueWhite Light

Thu, Jan 27 2011 at 6:30 PM

Cree, the company behind the first 'no-compromise' LED replacement for the standard 60-watt incandescent bulb, thanks Thomas Edison while declaring 'we'll take it from here.'
Hormone holds promise as memory enhancer

Thu, Jan 27 2011 at 11:53 AM

IGF2 hormone shows promise for ability to turn short-term memories into long-term memories when injected into the hippocampus.
Kenyan's mission: Solar lamps to empower Africa's poor

Thu, Jan 27 2011 at 2:07 AM

Evans Wadongo invented solar lamps as "a way to lift people out of poverty."
T. rex still king, says dinosaur study

Tue, Jan 25 2011 at 10:04 PM

Scientists routinely described T. rex as a killing machine, but in the last decade, a new wave of scholarship has painted a less flattering picture.
Cold fusion claims leave many doubtful

Mon, Jan 24 2011 at 3:34 PM

Italian scientists say they have finally discovered the fabled source of cheap power. But does their research hold water?
Memories take hold better during sleep

Sun, Jan 23 2011 at 9:23 PM

Experiments showed that the brain is better during sleep than during wakefulness at resisting attempts to scramble or corrupt a recent memory.
Scientists close to new definition of the kilogram

Sun, Jan 23 2011 at 7:06 PM

Scientists are working on a 200-year-old goal of creating a universal system of measurements based on stable quantities.
Slime molds pack a lunch before they travel

Fri, Jan 21 2011 at 4:09 PM

Amoebae cultivate bacteria before they travel to other organisms, making them into single-celled and primitive farmers.

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Research & Innovation

Articles about Research & Innovation

Dog outperforms lab test at detecting cancer

South Carolina scientist works to grow meat in lab

Step aside, Edison: The Cree TrueWhite Light

Hormone holds promise as memory enhancer

Kenyan's mission: Solar lamps to empower Africa's poor

T. rex still king, says dinosaur study

Cold fusion claims leave many doubtful

Memories take hold better during sleep

Scientists close to new definition of the kilogram

Slime molds pack a lunch before they travel

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