The Higgs Boson Particle Isn't a Particle - Why the Search for Subatomic Particles is an Illusion Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor January 30 - Physicists are a great bunch of folks. They're bright and imaginative, but just like professionals in any other field of science, when educated under the same organized system of beliefs they have the ability to cluster together and share some rather remarkable delusions...

NF3 in Microchips May be the Missing Greenhouse Gas Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 22 - A chemical widely used to manufacture microchips and flat-screen monitors and televisions has 17,000 times the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide, but remains unregulated under domestic laws or international treaties, a team of atmospheric chemists from the University...

Infrared Light Helmet Reverses Alzheimer's Disease in Senior Patient Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 18 - An experimental infrared helmet has proven successful in not only halting but actually reversing the progression of dementia in at least one patient. When 57-year-old businessman Clem Fennel began to rapidly lose the ability to function due to aggressive dementia...

Netflix Roku vs. Blockbuster OnDemand Set-Top Box: Which Works Better for On-Demand Movie Downloads? Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor December 2 - From time to time, I divert from the usual topics on this site and review technologies that appear to be revolutionary. One of the most exciting transitions in technology taking place right now is the availability of on-demand video downloads using set-top boxes. These...

New Breathalyzer Technology Detects Cancer, Asthma Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer October 27 - Researchers are working to develop ways to test for various diseases simply by having patients breathe into a machine, according to an article published in the online edition of Optics Express. "If you go to the medical literature you will see tons of studies that...

Xerox Invents Reusable Paper that Uses UV Light for "Ink" Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer September 19 - Xerox subsidiary Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has developed a type of paper that, combined with a special printer, can print documents that erase themselves after a day so that the paper can be reused. Xerox says that 25 percent of all documents get recycled the...

Carbon Nanotubes May Pose Asbestos-Like Threat to Human Health Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer September 16 - Touted as miracle ingredients that will revolutionize electronics, chemistry and materials science, carbon nanotubes may pose as great a threat to the human body as asbestos, according to a study published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Carbon nanotubes are...

Psychiatrists Now Calling Excessive E-Mailing a "Mental Illness" Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 16 - An editorial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry advocates adding "Internet addiction" to the official U.S. list of psychological disorders, saying that the condition would describe those who spend excessive time on e-mail, text messages, online games or...

Armed, Autonomous Robots "A Threat to Humanity" Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 16 - An artificial intelligence professor has warned that the trend toward creating autonomous killer robots for battlefield use poses "a threat to humanity." Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield said that military leaders in several countries "are quite clear that...

Animals Spared by Using Laboratory Robots to Test Chemicals Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 13 - Researchers are developing a method of testing potentially toxic chemicals using robots instead of animals, as a way of reducing both the number of animals exposed to painful or fatal tests and also the cost of those tests, according to an article published in the journal...

Dogs' Barks Translated in Human Language by Clever Computer Scientists Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 12 - Researchers have developed a computer software that can identify why a dog is barking, according to a study published in the journal Animal Cognition. A research team from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, recorded more than 6,000 barks from 14 different...

High-Tech Companies Put Selected Patents in Eco-Patent Commons for Open Sharing Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 9 - Computer giant IBM has announced the launch of a program to place certain patented inventions in the public domain, in the interest of encouraging innovation in the field of environmentally friendlier technology. IBM, Sony, Nokia and Pitney Bowes are currently the...

Fluorescent Light Bulbs Linked with Eczema, Seizures, Migraines, Skin Rashes Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer August 8 - Health advocates have warned that the United Kingdom's plan to phase out conventional light bulbs in favor of fluorescents may lead to serious health problems for people with light-sensitive medical conditions. "Incandescent light bulbs are the only source of electric...

Aptera Electric Car Claims 300 Miles Per Gallon Fuel Efficiency Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer June 27 - Electric car maker Aptera claims that the electric-gasoline hybrid version of its new Typ-1 vehicle gets 300 miles per gallon. The vehicle will be available early in 2008 for less than $30,000. The Typ-1 comes in two versions: fully electric or hybrid. According to...

Toyota Announces Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle will be Ready by 2010 Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer June 15 - The Toyota Corporation intends to develop a plug-in hybrid vehicle for its demonstration fleet by 2010, according to an announcement made by Chief Executive Officer Katsuaki Watanabe. The planned plug-in hybrids are already under development, with two prototypes currently...

Depleted Uranium Contaminates the Body for Twenty Years Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer April 10 - Traces of depleted uranium (DU) have been found in people even 20 years after their initial exposure, according to research conducted by a scientist from the University of Leicester, England and presented at the 119th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America...

AT&T Technician Says Company Gave Feds Full Access to Phone, Web Traffic Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer April 9 - A former AT&T technician who retired in 2004 has told Congress that the telecommunications company cooperated with the National Security Agency (NSA) by building special routing rooms that would allow the agency to monitor all U.S. internet traffic. Mark Klein, who...

Nissan's Electric Commuter Concept Car Pivots 360 Degrees, Independent of Wheels Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer March 10 - Nissan Motor Company has developed an electric vehicle that pivots on its wheel axis, can squeeze into tight spots without backing up, and even tells its driver to relax when stressed out. The car was displayed at the Tokyo Motor show in late 2007. The Pivo 2 is a...

FCC Refuses to Investigate Phone Companies for Turning Over Customer Records to Government Spooks Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer March 7 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected a congressional request to investigate telephone companies for allegedly turning over confidential customer information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Security Agency (NSA) without proper...

New d3o Super Foam Could Protect People from Injuries, Falls Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer February 14 - A bright orange foam developed by a snowboarding engineer is strong enough to protect you from being hit over the head with a shovel. In order to demonstrate the cushioning effects of d3o foam, inventor Richard Palmer regularly volunteers to let people hit him as hard...

Microbes Mutated in Outer Space Become Far More Dangerous Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer February 12 - Salmonella bacteria sent into outer space responded to the altered gravity by becoming more virulent, with changed expression of 167 different genes, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "These bugs can sense where...

Mobile Phones Linked to Brain Tumors after Long Term Use Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer January 11 - The United Kingdom's largest study on the safety of cellular phones has failed to rule out the possibility of long-term cancer risk, and concluded that parents should continue to limit use of cell phones by children over the age of seven and disallow it for younger children...

RFID Implants Found to Cause Cancer Tumors Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer January 8 - Small electronic chips approved by the FDA for implanting beneath human skin have been linked to cancer in laboratory animals, according to a research review conducted by the Associated Press. The radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are made by VeriChip Corp...

Review of Archos 705 WiFi Digital Video Recorder and Player Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor January 3 - Watching video on a portable video player is a great way to make the time fly by while engaged in cardiovascular exercise. So I recently decided to try out the new Archos 705 WiFi digital video recorder and player to see how well it work as a portable video device to...

Fluorescent Lighting in Schools Found to Give Children Headaches Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 29 - Lighting conditions in British schools are overwhelmingly inappropriate and are likely to give children headaches and concentration problems, according to a new study presented at the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association in London. Mark...

Cell Phone Radiation Triggers Measurable Brain Cell Changes in Mere Minutes Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 29 - As little as 10 minutes on a cell phone can trigger changes in brain cells linked to cell division and cancer, suggests a new study conducted by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and published in the Biochemical Journal. Previously, advocates...

Smart Medical Devices Let Doctors Monitor Health of Patients Remotely Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 23 - IBM and the University of Florida have announced the development of a new technology that will allow doctors to gather patients' health information from medical devices used in the home. The technology consists of a sensor, produced by University of Florida spinoff Pervasa...

iPod, iPhone Contain High Levels of Toxic Chemicals, Violate California Law Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 12 - The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has announced that the results of independent tests confirm earlier Greenpeace findings that headphone cords used in Apple Inc.'s iPod and iPhone contain high levels of phthalates. According to a lawsuit filed by CEH, Apple's...

Intel to eliminate toxic lead from its microprocessor chips Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer November 21 - Intel Corp. has announced plans to stop using lead as a soldering agent in its microprocessors. Lead is a chemical element with widespread industrial use. It is particularly useful as a semiconductor, due to its specific electrical and mechanical properties. The element...

Intel and Google announce new plan for energy-efficient computing Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer October 4 - Intel Corp. and Google Inc. recently announced an initiative to promote the development and adoption of more energy-efficient computers, components and power supplies. Twenty-five additional companies and organizations have already signed up for the "Climate Savers Computing...

New battery technology converts sugar water into electricity Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer September 20 - Researchers at St. Louis University in Missouri have developed a type of fuel cell that can produce electricity from almost any type of sugar. The scientists successfully tested the new cell with a glucose solution, carbonated soft drinks, sweetened drink mixes and even...

Want to be your own YouTube? Adams launches Zeop technology for creating instant video communities Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor July 24 - One of the best things about the internet is free speech. I've exercised my free speech rights quite deliberately here on NaturalNews, and for the last year, I've been working with a development team to launch a free speech video technology that would enable any webmaster to instantly...

World's first high-speed all-electric sport utility truck to be launched by Phoenix Motorcars Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor June 26 - Earth-friendly, energy-efficient vehicles that produce zero emissions seem to be from a dream of the future. But several companies are already well on their way to introducing such vehicles in North America and around the world. Recently, more than 400 environmentalists, investors...

NiMH battery charger showdown: Maha Energy MH-C9000 WizardOne vs. La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower Share Tweet By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor June 13 - If you're searching for high-end NiMH battery chargers, you'll find the number of contending products is few. Only two consumer-level battery chargers are competing for the top slot: the La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower Battery Charger and the Powerex MH-C9000 WizardOne battery...

Incandescent lighting fast becoming history as states push for more energy efficient technology Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer June 7 - Fluorescent light bulbs and LED lights are rapidly coming to replace the incandescent bulbs perfected by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s, as state governments encourage a switch for the sake of energy conservation. In California and New Jersey, laws have been proposed...

Apple Computer gets failing grade on toxic chemicals, e-waste recycling Share Tweet By David Gutierrez, staff writer May 25 - Apple Inc. has been ranked worst among 14 leading electronics manufacturers in a new Greenpeace survey that evaluated companies based on their use of toxic chemicals and commitment to recycling obsolete products. Toxic waste arising from the manufacture and disposal...

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Children Pump Clean Water While Playing on the Merry-Go-Round By Ginger Coleen November 7 - PlayPumps International, a US non-profit organization, has come up with a very innovative way to help Africans obtain clean water for their families. The PlayPump is a sustainable, patented water pump that gets its power from children. The PlayPump is a merry... Share Tweet

No Way to Hide Truth: Cell Phone Does Cause Tumor By Chanyut Phrukkumwong October 29 - Long-term exposure to electromagnetic radio waves at certain strengths does cause brain tumors. Just like in the case of cigarette smoking, which nobody realized could damage your health until the era where lung cancer caused by regular smoking showed up. Such... Share Tweet

American Inventor Presents an Answer to the World's Water Crisis By Adam Chavez June 11 - Dean Kamen is not a new player in the innovator's arena. He has been inventing and innovating ever since he dropped out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 70's. Since then, he invented such things as the insulin pump, a mobile dialysis system, and an... Share Tweet

The iMiev, Mitsubishi's All-Electric Car, Coming in 2009 By John Cole May 10 - Mitsubishi Motor Company is continuing to refine its all-electric sub-compact car dubbed iMiev (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle), and plans to begin sales to the general public in the latter half of 2009. This sub-compact car is about the size of a... Share Tweet

EEStor Technology: The End of Batteries? By Adam Miller April 20 - For decades, battery storage technology has been a heavy weight on the back of scientific innovation. From cell phones to electric vehicles, our technological capabilities always seem to be several steps ahead of our ability to power them. Several promising... Share Tweet

Drones on the Rise in the US for Surveillance By Anna Farr January 10 - Drones are now on the rise in the US for local, federal and private use. Taser International, the company that supplies American police and military forces nationwide and is being funded by our taxes, has announced development of a flying drone version of their... Share Tweet

A Taser for Christmas? Marketing Assault With a Deadly Weapon By Jenn Geiss December 24 - "It is light, it's small, it comes in colors…" beams Lynne Rigberg, the host of a Taser party in Scottsdale, Arizona. Show your loved one's how much you care this holiday season with this 50,000-volt gift of false safety. Taser International is marketing these... Share Tweet

Ocean Water – An Untapped, Bountiful Energy Source By Sarah Aitken November 15 - A cancer patient has found some interesting properties of seawater that could provide an abundant, cheap source of energy. It was an accidental discovery, as reported in a CBS news story. John Kanzius, a leukemia patient, was trying to desalinate seawater... Share Tweet

The Device That Defies the Laws of Thermodynamics By Sarah Aitken October 28 - An amazing British invention actually creates more energy than is put into it.     If you asked the inventors how it works – they honestly do not know.  But, as reported in the Daily News, a U.K news publication, independent scientists have carried out... Share Tweet

RFID - It May Be Inescapable, but Should It Be Implantable? By Andrea Jean October 12 - RFID technology is used widely in the public and private sector to assist businesses with asset tracking and security. Hospitals use RFID equipped bracelets and patches to track newborn movements, prevent accidental switching of infants, reduce prescription... Share Tweet

Incandescent light bulb ban in U.K. could reduce CO2 emissions up to 3 million tons annually By M. T. Whitney June 17 - Just as Australia has banned incandescent light bulbs for 2009, England maybe moving towards similar steps, according to The Guardian newspaper. Jump directly to: conventional view | alternative view | bottom line What you need... Share Tweet

LED lights make city structures seem safer to citizens By Staff writer June 11 - Citizens in Raleigh, N.C. express feeling safer in municipal structures that have switched to LED lighting, according to a new survey conducted by Mindwave Research. With the results of this survey, the "LED City" initiative in Raleigh has proven to have benefits beyond... Share Tweet

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