Essay writing turns into facebook browsing turns into youtube watching...

With the growing application of computers and technology in educating the youth of today, the question becomes how to focus attention on relevant tasks while filtering out the limitless stimuli provided by the internet?

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com

Yay alma mater...UBC research actually matters!

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using nanocrystals of cellulose, the main component of pulp and paper, chemistry researchers at the University of British Columbia have created glass films that have applications for energy conservation in building design because of their ability to reflect specific wavelengths of light, such as ultra violet, visible or infrared.

Researchers create iridescent glass that can reflect UV or infrared light

Turning skin into blood...21st century alchemy

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin.

Scientists turn skin into blood (w/ Video)

Earthquake repair 101

A bacteria that can knit together cracks in concrete structures by producing a special 'glue' has been developed by a team of students at Newcastle University.

'BacillaFilla' for concrete cracks

Muscle regeneration just needs some guidance in the right direction

Researchers have repaired large muscle wounds in mice by growing and implanting "microthreads" coated with human muscle cells. The microthreads—made out of the same material that triggers the formation of blood clots—seem to help the cells grow in the proper orientation, which is vital for rebuilding working muscle tissue.

Microthreads Help Grow New Muscles - Technology Review

Jon Stewart is awesome period

Who put the microchip in my benadryl?

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG is developing a pill containing an embedded microchip, which it hopes to submit for regulatory approval in Europe within 18 months.

The chip is activated by stomach acid and transmits information to a patch attached to the patient’s skin, which then sends it on to a doctor via the Internet or a smartphone.

Chip-in-a-pill may be approved in 2012 | KurzweilAI

Thinking about replacing your home's windows? Go green with solar-powered ones!

A material with semiconducting abilities has been developed which also happens to be largely transparent, paving the way for potential future applications in "energy-generating solar windows, transparent solar panels, and new kinds of optical displays."

Transparent Conductive Material Could Lead to Power-Generating Windows | KurzweilAI