Collaborate Disseminate
It has long been known that plants can help mitigate air pollution in urban environments. New research reinforces such findings, showing that “tredges” planted around schoolyards can help protect children from traffic-derived airborne particles.Continu… Continue reading Study shows how planted “tredges” can protect children from air pollution
Although there are coatings that kill harmful microbes on frequently touched surfaces, most of those substances either have to be frequently reapplied, or they take a long time to work. A durable new coating, however, is claimed to address both shortco… Continue reading Tough, clear coating uses natural oils to kill viruses and bacteria
Today’s planned launch of the Artemis 1 mission, which incorporates NASA’s most powerful rocket ever, has been cancelled. According to NASA, there was a problem with the engines which couldn’t be fixed within the two-hour launch window.Continue Reading… Continue reading NASA postpones Artemis 1 launch due to engine trouble
After being introduced to Russia’s White Sea in the 1950s, non-native Pacific salmon have since spread along Norway’s coastline and into its rivers. In an effort to control their numbers, an AI-enabled fish-identifying gate has recently been installed … Continue reading AI-enabled fish gate filters invasive salmon out of Norwegian waterways
Although great advances are occurring in the field of powered prosthetics, the devices typically still require bulky, heavy batteries. Scientists at Rice University are trying to change that, by creating a pneumatic “extra limb” that’s powered by the w… Continue reading Experimental system uses footsteps to power pneumatic prostheses
While AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles) are often used for scientific studies, they’re sometimes also utilized in more secretive applications, such as surveillance and reconnaissance. A new system helps hide their location, by having them deploy a … Continue reading Micro-AUV tech designed to keep secret underwater missions under wraps
For some people, the word “ebike” brings forth visions of heavy, dumpy, utilitarian things that are far from exciting. Such is certainly not the case with the full-carbon Urtopia, however, which I recently discovered for myself after riding the bike fo… Continue reading Review: Full-carbon Urtopia ebike turns heads and delivers the goods
While we’ve recently seen a number of electric four-wheeled roller skates, two-wheeled inline skates have largely avoided electrification. An exception has just launched on Kickstarter, however, in the form of Escend Blades.Continue ReadingCategory: Ur… Continue reading Escend Blades bring electrification to the world of inline skating
Even if someone’s fingerprints are found on an incriminating document, that person may claim that they only handled the blank sheet of paper before the real criminal printed anything on it. A new technique, however, can now be used to check if that rea… Continue reading Forensic tech shows if fingerprints were applied to incriminating text
It is believed that parasitic varroa mites may be one of the main causes of colony collapse disorder, which is decimating honeybee colonies around the world. There may be hope, however, as a new chemical has been found to eradicate the mites without ha… Continue reading New chemical could help protect honeybee colonies from parasitic mites