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The first Alzheimer’s disease medication shown in trials to slow progression of the disease by 27% has been given full approval by the Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for its costly price tag to be covered by Medicare. 
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MIT scientist Yoel Fink has been at the cutting edge of smart textile technology for more than a decade and has just made a significant breakthrough, demonstrating the first ever digital fabric-fiber that can store and process information.
Joel Barker's insight:
It was only a matter of time. I wonder how warm it will be in the winter? JB
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Soft robots and prosthetics could benefit from a new material that's conductive, lightweight, and heat-tolerant. Learn more in the video.
Joel Barker's insight:
This is a Verge Paradigm Shift, VPS. Watch the video and be amazed! JB
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A nano-vaccine is showing promising results in treating skin cancer in mouse models. The vaccine encases two new cancer drugs inside a nanoparticle, with initial experiments revealing it can stimulate the immune system to kill melanoma, and act as a preventative vaccine.
Joel Barker's insight:
Since I have had two melanomas removed, this is good news for me. JB
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Positive early results from the first phase of human testing for a unique colorectal cancer vaccine are proving promising. A newly published study outlining the Phase I trial results suggests the vaccine is safe, and stimulates immune activation, paving the way for larger human trials.
Joel Barker's insight:
headline tells it all. JB
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New research demonstrates that liquid-gated membranes (LGMs) filter nanoclay particles out of water with twofold higher efficiency and nearly threefold longer time to foul, and reduce the pressure required for filtration over conventional membranes.
Joel Barker's insight:
It is these "back room" technologies that can really make a difference. KJB
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The discovery changes our understanding of the basic mechanism of photosynthesis and should rewrite the textbooks. It will also tailor the way we hunt for alien life and provide insights into how we could engineer more efficient crops that take advantage of longer wavelengths of light.
Joel Barker's insight:
All of a sudden, what was invisible becomes obvious. Mother Nature didn't evolve just one kind of photosynthesis. The result is new boundaries, enlarged boundaries for this essential biochemical process. It will be interesting to see what else this discovery leads to. JB
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The world is in desperate need of new antibiotics, as bacteria continue to evolve and develop resistance to the ones we have. Now, researchers at La Trobe University have found a peptide in the flower of a tobacco plant that could be the first of a new kind of antibiotic.
Joel Barker's insight:
I've said for a long time that every living thing has a gift for us so we should not cause species extinction. This is a good example coming from a tobacco plant! JB
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A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of coal-fired power plants has been developed by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico.
Joel Barker's insight:
Big breakthrough on harvesting CO2 from energy souirces and converting it into useful products. JB
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When Steve Jurvetson speaks, Silicon Valley listens. Recently the billionaire investor gave a fast-paced talk at the SLUSH conference on the compounding effect of deep learning.
Joel Barker's insight:
worth listening to. JB
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Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science and Yanshan University has developed a new form of carbon that is elastic as well as ultra-strong, lightweight, and electrically conductive, properties that lend it to a wide array of applications, from aerospace engineering to military armor.
Joel Barker's insight:
I know you are getting sick of it, but here comes carbon and a paradigm shifting material again. And this new flexible form creates the opportunity for use in many high demand situations where energy must be absorbed or deflected. And, this is different from graphene. JB
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Mushroom sausages may sound like a vegan dish, but for Brunel University London student Aleksi Vesaluoma, they're an unorthodox building material that not only allows for light, biodegradable structures, but has the added bonus of providing a delicious side dish for the morning bacon and eggs.
Joel Barker's insight:
Who would have guessed. Mushroom structural material. Very clever. JB
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Quantum computing promises to be the next major technology with the potential to drive a new era of innovation across industries. Following on the success of competitors like D-Wave, IBM has announced that it too will begin commercializing quantum based computer systems.
Joel Barker's insight:
And 99% of us do not have a clue about the potential of a quantum computer. JB
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A clinical trial is beginning in the UK, testing whether a common cough medicine can be used to treat Parkinson's. Early studies indicate the 50-year-old drug can cross into the brain and help clear out the toxic proteins known to cause the disease.
Joel Barker's insight:
Old drug is not a bad thing in this case. JB
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One day, robots may be dancing on our graves, and they're going to be surprisingly good at it! ...
Joel Barker's insight:
Speaks for itself. Don't miss it and show it to your children if they haven't seen it already. JB
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Inventing the world's strongest silver: Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting materials. A team of scientists has made the strongest silver ever—42 percent stronger than the previous world record. But that’s not the importan
Joel Barker's insight:
New materials often equal new opportunities. This breakthru is offering exactly that. Much stronger materials using the same materials. JB
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A clinical trial taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been terminated early due to the success of two drugs being investigated to treat the Ebola virus. The two drugs have displayed incredible survival rates, especially if given at the earliest stages of infection.
Joel Barker's insight:
Just think aboiut how fast we solved this disease compared to aides. And then think about the time we have spent on Alzheimer's. Faster and faster! JB
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Longevity research is no longer aimed at prolonging lives, it is trying to keep us fit right until the end. New anti-ageing drugs may finally be here to make that happen
Joel Barker's insight:
This is the best summary of all the research going on today. JB
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Aerogels are among the best thermal insulators, but their cloudy appearance doesn't work for windows, one of the worst offenders for letting heat escape a building. Now, researchers at Colorado University Boulder have found a way to make them transparent, recycling a beer by-product in the process.
Joel Barker's insight:
That such an important new material comes from the waste stream of making beer is just another example of how many surprises await us. JB
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After nearly a decade in development, Belgian startup Magnax claims it has developed an ultra-high power, lightweight, compact axial flux electric motor with performance figures that blow away everything in the conventional world. Crucially, it says it's worked out how to manufacture them, too.
Joel Barker's insight:
Yin and yang; batteries and electric motors. Here is a breakthrough on a old electric motor paradigm, now made modern and vastly more efficient. JB
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With bacteria becoming ever more resistant to our best antibiotics, scientists are searching high and low for new ones in nature. Now a team from Australia and Spain have discovered a promising peptide in the venom of the South American Rattlesnake.
Joel Barker's insight:
Who would have guessed?? JB
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In two recent interviews, Ray Kurzweil emphatically affirmed his optimism about the future. Despite the impression in the media that things might be getting worse, Kurzweil remains confident in the trends he fist started tracking 35 years ago.
Joel Barker's insight:
As one of the key futurists of the last 100 years, Ray is always worth listening to. JB
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A malaria drug has prevented Zika from infecting mice fetuses—and it's already approved for pregnant women.
Joel Barker's insight:
The first good news for Zika. JB
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Henry Markram's controversial Blue Brain Project has announced that our brains may not just be operating in three dimensions. According to the team's new mathematical models, they have demonstrated that the brain operates on up to potentially eleven dimensions.
Joel Barker's insight:
A new way to look at brain function for memory. JB
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The Freeze Phil Campaign has been incubating for some time but was formally started, finally, in October 2012. The goal of this project is a legal, "Pre-Mortem Cryonic Suspension" for Philip Rhoades at an appropriate time and place for him and of his own choosing. The plan is to build a substantial campaign to force legislative change that will allow people more flexibility about their end of (current) life decisions ie in short, to allow people a legal "Pre-Mortem Cryonic Suspension."
Joel Barker's insight:
An interesting take on cryogenic freezing. JB
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Big deal even if it i only the Model A version. JB