Bill Gates finances the startup that wants to vaporize waste
Vaporizing waste does not create methane as in landfills, but reusable carbon monoxide and hydrogen. And unlike an incinerator, it has no emissions.
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Long live Apollo! 10 technologies of today born from the mission to the Moon
For those who still wonder what served to go to the Moon, here are 10 pieces of modern technology born directly from the Apollo mission.
Solid in light, soft in the dark: here are the dynamic materials
A team has developed one of the dynamic materials with the most unusual qualities: it can increase its hardness when illuminated, and return soft in the dark.
Synthetic leather fabric helps heal wounds
The fabric incorporates a recently discovered material, polyglycerol sebacate, which is compatible with human tissue. This material can help the body produce new skin and repair wounds or cuts.
Glucose-powered artificial muscles such as humans
The artificial muscles developed by the Linköping University team are made of polymeric material into which enzymes have been introduced: a solution of oxygen and glucose in water powers the actuators, just as happens in human muscles.
Revolution in regenerative medicine: a microchip changes the function of cells and can "heal" entire organs
The small device uses nano transfection of tissues to regenerate entire organs with the touch of a finger: what was once matter for Star Trek now comes close to reality.
Found the substance that allows the body to control weight
Don't crucify yourself for a skipped gym day or a sin of gluttony: weight control could be more of a chemistry problem than you think.
The smallest pixels ever created can cover entire display skyscrapers
They are a million times smaller than the pixels we have on today's cell phone displays
The platypus that helps beat diabetes
Could it be the #platypus, our new hope against #diabetes? This mammal, in fact, produces a hormone capable of lowering blood sugar, which it uses to wear out rivals in love. But, without harming any animal, this "poison" could also do us humans some good. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases of our daily life. The platypus, however, is one of the strangest animals in the world, because it has remained unchanged for about... Read more
Here is the artificial leaf that produces medicine
Can medicines be produced from solar energy in a clean and ecological way? A group of Dutch scientists from the Eindhoven University of Technology believes so, and has developed an #artificial #leaf-shaped device that produces medicines right from the sun. The basic idea was born from leaves capable of feeding themselves thanks to chlorophyll photosynthesis. The researchers used materials that behave like leaves, capturing sunlight and storing it for later use. The materials used are called luminescent solar concentrators (LSC). … Read more
How to become a Martian. The course is coming
The movie The Martian seemed like pure science fiction just a few years ago, with Matt Damon surviving on Martian soil for months on end growing potatoes and producing water. Yet today there are those, like Elon Musk, who dream of bringing as many people as possible to the Red Planet. Other scientists do not reject the idea of a mass migration to #Mars, once the Earth has been definitively exploited. Within ten years, according to Elon Musk (who founded the SpaceX space agency), there will already be… Read more
In a few years goodbye plastic
Soon we will be able to say goodbye to #plastic food packaging, which will be replaced by edible and biodegradable films produced from milk. This emerges from research by the United States Department of Agriculture presented at the meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia. Within three years the first "milk" packaging should already be ready. "The film produced with milk proteins is very effective in blocking oxygen, ensuring better food preservation... Read more
The graphene and gold patch for diabetics arrives
Technology for the medical field is increasingly cutting edge. And for chronic diseases such as diabetes, giant strides are being made: today we present this high-tech patch in graphene and gold, designed specifically for diabetics. As we know, diabetics must monitor their blood glucose levels daily and possibly inject a dose of insulin, and this is an operation that requires a lot of time, energy and money. A team of Korean and American researchers thought… Read more
Blood nanorobot to treat infections and tumors
This is the case of "nanobots" or microscopic machines (about 50 nanometers in size) that science fiction had imagined in the Star Trek series and which, injected into a patient's circulation, went there to rebuild damaged tissues, eliminate pathogens such as viruses and resistant bacteria or even eradicate a cancer. Unfortunately, the economic factor often stops the ideas and drive towards innovation of motivated researchers: no one puts in the money and the research remains on paper. … Read more
Preserving the brain to live again in digital form: plastination.
Death is the end of everything. Our brain, which has functioned well for many decades, at the moment of our departure from the world, in the space of just twenty minutes undergoes anoxia and neurons and synapses fall apart. No machine, after such damage, will be able to revive us; it will be able to reactivate cardiac functions and circulation but our brain will be gone forever. And to say that the brain has "gone" for philosophy... Read more
