Collaborate Disseminate
Fitting regular walks into your daily routine can be a great way to get some active minutes into your day, but what if you make those walks as inefficient as possible? A new study has explored this idea via a pair of gaits exhibited in a famous Monty P… Continue reading Adopting Monty Python silly walks boosts calories burnt per stroll
While we know much of the plastic waste we generate winds up in bodies of water, what happens to it from there is still a large unknown. A new study documenting the accumulation of microplastic particles on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea has shed s… Continue reading Amount of microplastics on Mediterranean Sea floor triple in 20 years
Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a novel material with excellent absorption abilities, which they imagine finding use everywhere from kitchens to operating theaters. The team’s gel sheet can soak up and hold around three times mo… Continue reading Gel sheets soak up three times as much liquid as paper towel
Scientists investigating new treatments for hand osteoarthritis (OA) have made promising new inroads through research on a drug originally developed for acne and psoriasis. In animal models, the team was able to show that the drug can prevent progressi… Continue reading Repurposed acne drug reverses hand osteoarthritis in animal models
Today’s autonomous drones are capable of impressive feats, and a system that enables them to also handle the recharging process without human intervention could keep them working wonders around the clock. Startup Skydio’s latest approach to this kind o… Continue reading Skydio’s streamlined docking stations keep drones charged and in flight
In what is being hailed as an historic moment for the environment, world leaders at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal have reached an agreement to ramp up protections of the planet’s precious natural ecosystems. The Kunming-Montreal Gl… Continue reading UN’s landmark nature protections a “Paris moment” for biodiversity
An engineering team in Australia working at the cutting edge of electric vehicle design have laid claim to a new world record. The University of New South Wales Sydney’s (UNSW) Sunswift 7 solar-powered car recently took to a testing circuit where it co… Continue reading Solar-powered car claims new EV speed record over 1,000 km
Advances in material science and miniaturized electronics have given rise to a promising new breed of wearable patches that could one day measure many metrics of human health, from stress, to glucose levels, to cardiovascular activity. Engineers have l… Continue reading Laser-pulsing skin patch goes deep to uncover signs of cancer
The collision between NASA’s DART spacecraft and the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos was always going to be a spectacle. By analyzing data from telescopes and tiny satellites lurking nearby, scientists are now piecing together some fascinating new details a… Continue reading NASA’s asteroid-slamming spacecraft dislodged 2 million lb of debris
We all know drinking water to be key to a healthy life, and everybody has their favored ways of carrying and consuming the stuff as they go about their day. The Modular Bottle from New York outfit Ebite is as versatile a solution as you could hope to f… Continue reading Modular water bottle also brews tea and stashes your snacks