The largest study of the composition of exoplanets reveals a surprising reality: water on other planets is practically everywhere. Cambridge revolutionizes the search for extraterrestrial life
Smaller and smaller biosensors allow the development of devices never seen before, such as these glasses to monitor diabetes through tears.
In less than a minute, human skin is printed with a lot of texture. The printable material is based on skin cells and collagen.
In summary, the 20s will present a mix of very good, very bad and very strange things: here are 11 predictions about the future of the next decade.
“Incentives go to more pressing things: I'm thinking of energy conservation through batteries, or offshore wind farms,” says Bill Gates.
The reason for the "post-mortem" reactivation remains unknown: it is now clear that death is a much more complicated process than we thought.
Dragonfly will land near Titan's equator, among dunes apparently composed of layers of solid hydrocarbons. It will be powered by plutonium like the Martian rovers, and with its eight rotors it will be able to cover much more distance than any space predecessor.
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.
In the 80s and 90s, scientists discovered a huge hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. They quickly realized that this was caused by human activities, such as the use of aerosols and CFCs. Luckily, it looks like we're on our way to solving this problem! Scientists say the hole is closing, and they credit the Montreal Protocol for helping us get there. What does this mean for our planet? And what can we do to… Read more
Yesterday's dreams are today's reality: we live in the age of mechanical, electrical, chemical and psychic wonders. In every field of knowledge the human mind is solving the problems it finds in nature: the dreamer dreams, the businessman has the duty to transform and sell these new ideas. What will be the point of view of those who are able to do both, to imagine and realize what the world needs? The article refers again, between… Read more
According to a group of Boston researchers, a new species of "microworms" composed of nanotubes could create implantable sensors or drug delivery systems: we will thus be able to monitor the progress of a medical treatment and the conditions of our body . These are tiny structures, equipped with a porous membrane and virtually capable of hosting materials or devices of various kinds: the research conducted to date had led to nanomachines of different shapes, usually ... Read more
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