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Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle — and then watched it beat — by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We're making a heart part and (eventually) we're going to put the part in," is how he describes the work by his team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.
Paul Doucette's experience as one part of the hugely successful matchbox twenty taught him a little something about the break and repair method of music-making.
A three-mile stretch of Interstate 95 reopened Thursday morning after being shut down for more than two days while crews conducted emergency repairs on a cracked support column.
The divers live in a windowless, pressurized chamber for weeks at a time. They descend 700 feet — greater than the height of the Space Needle — to toil for 12-hour shifts in dark, murky water.
Simplicity Inc. is providing consumers a free repair kit to Simplicity and Graco-brand cribs that were recalled after three children became entrapped and suffocated, the government said Thursday.
Nicknamed Conan the Bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans can survive doses of ionising radiation thousands of times stronger than would kill a human. So how does it do it?
Doctors are testing new ways to spur cartilage to regrow in damaged knees, from implanted "cartilage plugs" to injections of bone-marrow stem cells.
Showers made woman's AT&T phone service a washoutOur faith in technology may be over-rated. One Chicago-area woman's landline phone service would wash out every time it rained. Her phone provider tried many quick fixes but the problem was not solved until it rerouted the customer's line.
Baltimore's efforts to repair, cleanup Dundalk after breaking of water main on FridayBALTIMORE -- Baltimore City Public Works crews continued to work Monday in Dundalk, where a 72-inch water main broke Friday afternoon and flooded homes.
Dooce vs. MaytagCelebrity blogger Heather Armstrong's broken washing machine, and the power of Twitter
Auto Services You Don't NeedGot a tale of an overzealous repairman? You're not alone.
'New way' to repair heart damageScientists say they have found a new way to mend damage to the heart. When cells turn into fully-formed adult heart muscle they stop dividing, and cannot replace tissue damaged by disease or deformity.
How to Make Your Car Last LongerGetting from point A to point B by car costs a certain amount of dough, and thanks to a crumbling U.S. economy it takes more of your hard-earned money than ever before to do so.
Jim Seida / msnbc.com "People have less money; they're getting things fixed and they're learning why their grandparents never threw anything away," says Randy Bailey, owner of Harold's Shoe Repair in downtown Elkhart.
Arizona Landlord Alert... what if the AC system goes out.What options do landlords and tenants have in Arizona if the AC system breaks down... read a top landlord/tenant attorney's thoughts.
The Ultimate Repair JobCheck out this out from Space.com and tell me that we should cut money from education.
Endeavour Moves To Launch Pad For Possible Rescue MissionKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - For what is expected to be the last time in shuttle history, two space shuttles are on two launch pads at the same time as NASA gets ready to launch the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Surprising Consequences of Sleep DeprivationEvery night without adequate rest is like adding to a sleep debt—eventually it will have to be repaid. Even after one sleepless night, we can feel the first effects of sleep deprivation—irritability, memory loss, and drowsiness.
KFC willing to fill potholes if company can put its logos on the fixesWhy did the fried-chicken maker cross the road? To fill the potholes, of course.
Al Jazeera English - Americas - Obama offers Iran 'new beginning'The US president has issued a videotaped appeal to Iran offering a "new beginning" in US-Iranian relations
Xbox 360 'Red Ring of Death' Mystery Solved'Ring of death' solved Xbox designers say they have resolved the 'red ring of death' that resulted in many ruined consoles. » Too late? See more irresistible headlines
17 High-Risk Security Threats (And How to Fix Them) Heres some solutions for some of the security threats out there.
Need PC repairs? Go to eBays of tech support - SiliconValley.comRemote support solutions
Treasure Trove Of Hidden Nuts Leads To $242 TowDEMOTTE, Ind. (AP) -- Aw, nuts. That's likely what Hope Wideup thought when her car's turn signal and windshield wipers wouldn't work. It's also what she found later when she opened the hood.
Cracks appear in Brandenburg Gate To the consternation of tourists and preservationists, large cracks have appeared in part of Berlin's famed Brandenburg Gate due to faulty repair work, the daily Tagesspiegel reported on Saturday.
Q. People sleep for more than 20 years (one third) of their life time. Such a terrible waste of time when life is short. I would like to enjoy every second of my life, staying awake and knowing things gives me pleasure.
Hubble's 486 back-up springs into lifeNASA is cautiously optimistic that Hubble will soon be back in action following a boot-up of the space telescope's venerable 486 back-up system.
The fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission was put on indefinite hold after a critical component in the telescope's communications system failed and brought to a screeching halt all scientific observations.
Next month's space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope experienced a "significant anomaly", according to NASA. Saturday night, Side A of Hubble's Science Data Formatter failed, preventing the transfer of all science data to the ground.
Big Bang Machine goes Phut!The world's most expensive experiment, which aims to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang, has been stopped for two months for repair work.
Know Your PotholesCareful with keeping that tongue in your cheek. You might bite it off if you hit one of these suckas.
New Texas Law Requires PI License for Computer Repair ShopsFrom its Texas Rangers to its enthusiastic take on the death penalty, the Lone Star State has long been known for its aggressive stance on law enforcement. Thanks to a strange new law, it's a sting that may soon be felt by a number of the state's computer-repair people.
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