Airless: Hyper-deformable lunar wheel uses complex system of 192 mini cables
From Venturi 06/10/23. Released 19/06/23. Title by Superinnovators On Monday 19 June [2023], Venturi Group presented its latest invention at the international Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France: a hyper-deformable lunar wheel. Venturi Lab designed and manufactured the wheel using materials it created. The Venturi wheel is a world first. A turning point in […]
Cute! Tiny lab-grown livers recreate real environment for drug discovery
From Technical University of Denmark 06/10/23 Fatty liver disease is exploding globally, affecting as many as 30 % of people in Western countries. Apart from alcohol, obesity and diabetes are among the most dominant risk factors. “There is a huge focus on seeing if there is anything you can do to inhibit this explosion of […]
Treat them green! Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease
From University of Cologne 06/10/23 Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research and the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence for Plant Sciences have found a promising synthetic plant biology approach for the development of a therapy to treat human neurodegenerative diseases, especially Huntington’s disease. In their publication “In-planta expression of […]
Good form in a tea-cup! Drinking tea every day could help reduce diabetes risk
From Diabetologia 05/10/23 Drinking dark tea every day may help to mitigate type 2 diabetes risk and progression in adults through better blood sugar control, suggests new research at this year’s Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Hamburg (2-6 Oct). The study, by researchers from the University of Adelaide […]
How pumped are you? Watch the robot it took AI seconds to design walk with inflatable muscles
From Northwestern University 06/10/23 A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new AI, the researchers gave the system a simple prompt: Design a robot that can walk across a flat surface. While it took nature billions […]
Mouthwash for dogs: water additive with pomegranate helps to keep canine teeth healthy
From Frontiers in Veterinary Science 03/10/23 Periodontal disease is one of the most common canine diseases, affecting at least 80% of dogs aged three and over. Periodontal disease begins as gingivitis, where gums become red and inflamed, and may bleed. Untreated, the disease can progress to periodontitis, where the alveolar bone is progressively damaged so […]
Experimental nasal spray may offer quick, easy remedy for treating rapid heartbeat
From American Heart Association 03/10/23 A fast-acting medication delivered as a nasal spray may someday allow patients with intermittent rapid heartbeats to treat it themselves as soon as they develop symptoms, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. […]
Ultrasound may rid groundwater of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
From Ohio State University 03/10/23 New research suggests that ultrasound may have potential in treating a group of harmful chemicals known as PFAS to eliminate them from contaminated groundwater. Invented nearly a century ago, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also known as “forever chemicals,” were once widely used to create products such as cookware, waterproof clothing […]
Innovative shoe concept: Kinetic energy recovery, USB charging and more
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9,500 years old: Oldest hunter-gatherer baskets in southern Europe discovered
From Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 03/10/23 A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in southern Europe in the Cueva de los Murciélagos of Albuñol (Granada, Spain). […]