ENERGY/INDUSTRY
Aqueos Lithium-Ion Batteries Won’t Catch on Fire – So Why Aren’t They the EV Gold Standard?
Before Tesla made Li-ion the gold standard for EV car batteries, there were many other storage technologies being used to power vehicles. Li-ion batteries, however, have critical design issues that lead to power degradation or runaway heating. Aqueous Li-ion batteries solve these design challenges. So why aren't EV makers switching to aqueous Li-ion battery packs?
Environment
U.S. Midwest to Face Dust Bowl Conditions in the Coming Decades
There are still a few around who remember the drought and Dust Bowl that enveloped the U.S. Midwest in the 1930s. With drought, soil erosion, intensive farm practices, depletion of water resources, poor policy, and climate change, will we see a repeat in the 21st century?
Is The Planet In Hot Water Or What?
Since mid-March,of this year ocean surface waters globally have surpassed 21 Celsius (70 Fahrenheit) degrees a reading that is unprecedented since we began satellite remote monitoring in the 1970s. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity is the cause with 90% of the energy from rising air temperatures being absorbed by the world's oceans..Scientists believe no matter what we do the warming trend is irreversible this century.
BUSINESS/GOVERNMENT
Tech and Gadgets
If You Fear Artificial Intelligence Taking Over the World Remember Who Controls the Plug
President Biden told AI executives this week that "What you're doing has enormous potential and enormous danger." The EU has drafted an act for its member states to provide guardrails on AI. Others jurisdictions are expected to do the same as ChatGPT, and mahcine learning apps proliferate.
TRENDING
MEDICAL
Bioprinting at the Molecular Level and Even DNA
Research at Pohang University in South Korea has produced a technology that can print biopolymers, molecule by molecule. Meanwhile research at UC Berkeley is pointing to a near future when we will print DNA, nucleotide by nucleotide. The work by researchers at both schools points to a biomedical engineering revolution and other surprising outcomes.
What If There Was A Vaccine To Reduce Bad Cholesterol?
A Florida biotechnology company has developed a monoclonal antibody treatment for high cholesterol that is delivered by vaccine. It is expected to be as affordable as statins which today are the most common way people deal with this potentially life-threatening condition.
3D Printing of Body Parts Gets an Upgrade
Aussie engineers have invented a tiny, flexible, and soft robotic arm to 3D print biomaterial inside the human body. This proof-of-concept could go from the laboratory to the operatory within five years.
At My Physical Last Week My New Family Doctor Offered to Give Me A Weight-Loss Prescription
"Have you heard about Ozempic?" has been the message trotted out on television these past few months. Here in Canada, you can't say what the drug is for. You're told to ask your doctor about Ozempic. And in my latest visit to our family physician, I didn't ask but Ozempic was offered to me to help me with the weight I've gained over the last three years during the pandemic. That's the rationale for this article.
A Nasal Spray Could Be The Answer To COVID-19
Research at the University of Helsinki is working on novel ways to attack COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. They have developed a nose spray using a molecule named TriSb92 that stops the virus from embedding itself into the epithelium lining the nose so that it never goes further into the body. Other research includes a vaccine against COVID-19 also administered through the nose.
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