1. General Studies
Period 8

2. 3.3.10 Past and present relationships between technology, science and society

3. Medical advances. Consumption of the earth’s resources
Pollution and methods of waste disposal
The protection and conservation of the environment
Medical advances.
The contributions of science and technology to human progress and lifestyles in society
The effects of industry on ecological systems

4. Medical advances

5. Nanomachines drill into cancer cells and kill them within 60 seconds

6. Rice University

7. Nanoparticle-drug combo has potential to treat obesity and diabetes
In so-called Notch signalling, a cell sends a signal to a neighbouring cell to control that neighbour's gene transcription and identity. Disrupting that signal in a progenitor cell destined to become one of the undesirable white fat cells leads to the creation of brown fat.

8. Why keep people alive for longer?
So…
Why keep people alive for longer?