For the first time since the tsunami-induced meltdown at a Fukushima power plant, Japanese health officials have discovered excessive concentrations of radioactive caesium in rice harvested from the region. More »
Human Serum Albumin (HSA) is a protein commonly used in vaccines and often administered for serious burn injuries and liver disease and commonly in short supply due to a lack of donors. That’s why researchers from Wuhan University have figured out how to grow it–not in people, but in rice. More »
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If you want to make delicious bread out of rice, you normally have to get rice flour and work from there. But with the Sanyo Gopan rice bread machine, all you have to do is pour in handfuls of rice. More »
Before you dare think this idea is even remotely sexy, I want you to consider something: There are hundreds of billions of microorganisms in a handful of soil… and a lactating rice paddy can only be worse. [NYDailyNews via Gawker]
Who hasn’t accidentally left a phone, camera or MP3 player in a swimsuit pocket and gone swimming? It’s a harrowing experience, but there’s hope: Dunking the gadget in rice is a somewhat surprising yet very effective drying method. More »
Researchers from the University of South Florida have developed a minuscule solar panel that’s just 1/4 the size of a grain of rice. Yet when you combine 20 or so of the cells, they can create 7.8 volts of electricity. Sounds good so far, right? It gets better.
The thing I actually miss most about living in Japan is the food (except their horribly disgusting take on Italian, the only really bad eats there). I think it’s one of the few places that they they even try to make the lunches super-cute (check out mini-Bashcraft’s Pokemon bento @ Kotaku). But just like the actual non-tasty plastic version you play games on, the sign on this bento box Nintendo DS made out of rice says it’s sold out. Sad. [Alafista via DVICE]
