X-Message-Number: 24940 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Tumbleweeds in the Bloodstream Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:56:57 +0100 Tiny sensors, shaped like tumbleweed and small enough to fit inside a blood vessel, might one day ride to space inside astronauts' bodies, warning the space travellers when radiation is damaging their cells. This new technology, being developed by NASA-supported researchers, would improve health care on Earth, too. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/28oct_nanosensors.htm?list687582 -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24940