Thirsty for innovation: New gel turns summer air into drinking water
From University of Texas at Austin 12/09/23 For significant portions of the globe faced with water shortage problems, a beacon of hope may be on the way: the ability to easily turn hot air into drinking water. For the past few years, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have focused on the moisture […]
Gut feeling: Turmeric may be as good at treating indigestion as conventional drug
Findings may justify considering its use in clinical practice, suggest researchers. From BMJ 12/09/23 A natural compound found in the culinary spice turmeric may be as effective as omeprazole—a drug used to curb excess stomach acid—for treating indigestion symptoms, suggests the first study of its kind, published online in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. Turmeric is […]
Bottling brilliance: High-speed sorting sorcery
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Life is not what it seems: Hyper-realistic cakes
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Shush! Innovators create ‘radio-quiet’ electronics to power the world’s largest radio telescope
From International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research 12/09/23 The Power and Signal Distribution (PaSD) SMART boxes (Small Modular Aggregation RFoF Trunk) are an essential component of the Square Kilometre Array Low frequency (SKA-Low) telescope, currently under construction at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, in Western Australia. The SMART boxes provide electrical power […]
Watt’s up, E. coli? Engineered bacteria generate electricity from sewage
From Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 12/09/23 “We engineered E. coli bacteria, the most widely studied microbe, to generate electricity,” says Professor Ardemis Boghossian at EPFL. “Though there are exotic microbes that naturally produce electricity, they can only do so in the presence of specific chemicals.” “E. coli can grow on a wide range of sources, which allowed […]
Innovators grow pig embryo with humanised kidneys inside surrogate sow
From Cell Press 11/09/23 Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health researchers have successfully created chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When transferred into surrogate pig mothers, the developing humanized kidneys had normal structure and tubule formation after 28 days. This is the first time that scientists have been able to grow […]
Stuck on you: Non-toxic bio-glues could help repair coral reefs
Patent-pending formulations could be used to restore coral reefs and have applications in construction, biomedical, dental, food, cosmetics and other fields. From Purdue Research Foundation 11/09/23 Patent-pending adhesive formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions. Gudrun Schmidt, an associate professor […]
Emission impossible: Korea’s hydrogen combustion engine cuts carbon by 99 percent
From National Research Council of Science & Technology 11/09/23 Emissions of carbon dioxide and fine dust reduced by 99% and 90%, respectively. Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable of running […]
Innovators decipher the fingertip’s ‘memory’
A study has demonstrated that tactile neurons transmit information about previous forces experienced by the fingertip, potentially aiding the brain in navigating daily manual tasks From eLife 09/09/23 Scientists have detailed how the activity of tactile neurons in the fingertip in response to an applied force is influenced by the fingertip’s mechanical memory of previous […]