Stanford innovation brings blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome one step closer

For decades, sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome have battled to prove this debilitating illness is not a psychological condition, but in fact an actual biological disease. Now a team from the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed an innovative new type of blood test that could offer doctors the first diagnostic tool to identify it.

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Category: Medical

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• Blood
• Chronic
• Diagnostic devices
• Stanford University
• The Immune System

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5 Mars makes a colorful, efficient mini-campervan out of the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid

After recently covering a convincing little Toyota Sienna minivan camper from Colorado's Oasis Campervans, we figured someone out there must be creating gas-electric mini-campervans built on the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. We found one in the Illusion Hybrid from 5 Mars RV. The Quebecois company marries its expertise in creating small, cozy camper vans with hybrid technology, creating a playful but efficient camper van optimized for long-mileage tours.

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Category: Automotive

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• Campervan
• Camping
• Chrysler
• Hybrid
• mini-campervan
• Motorhome
• Motorhomes
• Outdoor
• RAM
• Travel
• Van

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Squid-inspired material keeps the heat – or loses it

Squids, octopi and cuttlefish are able to change the color of their skin thanks to specialized cells known as chromatophores. Scientists have now replicated the manner in which those cells work, resulting in a flexible material that can either trap or release heat as needed.

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Category: Materials

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• Biomimicry
• Heating
• Smart Fabric
• UC Irvine

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Modular screwdriver designed to do it all

Different tasks require different types of screwdrivers. If you don't want to buy all of those types, though, you might be interested in Mininch's Spinner Drive – it's described as the one screwdriver to rule them all.

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Category: Good Thinking

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• Kickstarter
• Modular
• Tools

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Stand-up electric saucer is set for the sea

Perhaps best-known for its diesel engines and robotic agricultural equipment, Japanese company Yanmar also makes personal watercraft. Its latest addition to the latter category is a little something known as the Wheeebo, which is kind of like an aquatic Segway.

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Category: Marine

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• Watercraft
• Yanmar

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Antarctica Ice shelf the size of France threatened by effects of climate change

According to a new study, a vital section of the world's largest ice shelf is losing ice 10 times faster than the overall melt rate for the structure, posing a potential risk to its future stability. The Ross Ice Shelf stretches out over 500,809 km² (193,363 miles²), and accounts for 32 percent of Antarctica's total ice shelf area.

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Category: Environment

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• Antarctic
• Climate Change
• Ice
• New Atlas Audio
• Sea-level rise
• University of Cambridge

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Moog's synth family has a new mother

Moog Music hosted its annual music, art and technology expo – Moogfest – at the weekend, and took the opportunity to show off a new four note paraphonic analog synthesizer called the Matriarch.

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Category: Music

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• Moog
• Synthesizer

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