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In a major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists have partially restored vision in a blind man using an emerging technique called optogenetics. The approach involved injecting the patient’s eye with genes that code for light-sensitive prot… Continue reading Breakthrough optogenetic therapy partially restores blind man’s vision
Aviation startup Aerion Supersonic is reportedly shutting down operations, ending ambitious plans to bring a supersonic business jet to market later this decade. According to Florida Today, the company has had a hard time funding the productions of its… Continue reading Supersonic passenger flight suffers setback as Aerion closes shop
After unveiling its long-awaited Ocean SUV at CES last year, electric vehicle startup Fisker is turning its attention to papal transport, revealing plans to develop a purpose-built all-electric vehicle for Pope Francis. The car will be based on the Oce… Continue reading Fisker to build first all-electric popemobile for Pope Francis
Virgin Galactic has put a recent setback behind it to reach space for only the third time in its history, and the first time since relocating to its new Spaceport America base in New Mexico last year. The company’s successful test flight over the weeke… Continue reading Virgin Galactic reaches space from Spaceport America for the first time
Getting humans safely to a place like Mars is going to pose all kinds of scientific challenges, and a particularly pressing one centers on the rather important issue of human health. Astronauts enduring long-periods in space may be in danger of changes… Continue reading Hibernating zebrafish offer lessons for healthy human spaceflight
Researchers in Europe have developed an entirely new form of carbon, one that bears similarities to the wonder material graphene but with some useful differences. The incredibly thin sheets of material offer some electrical properties that other forms … Continue reading Entirely new form of carbon follows the lead of graphene
As the world continues its shift towards renewable forms of energy like wind and solar, scientists see devices known as redox flow batteries as part of the solution to our storage needs. There is still come work to do in bringing current designs up to … Continue reading Candle compound brings high density to grid-scale battery technology
With ambitions to establish a network of autonomous trucking routes across the US, transport startup TuSimple is taking some steady and significant steps forward as it proves its technology through trials and expands into Europe. The latest test run fo… Continue reading TuSimple’s autonomous truck cuts 10 hours off 900-mile trek across the US
Rail technology company Wabtec has demonstrated an electric locomotive that could help lessen the environmental footprint of heavy-haul freight services. The company’s battery-powered FLXdrive locomotive was used as part of a hybrid system over a three… Continue reading World’s first battery-electric locomotive cuts train fuel use by 11%
With the global population continuing to increase and arable land continuing to shrink, there is an urgent need to improve the efficiency of food production, and a new technology developed at the University of Oxford could offer a helping hand. Scienti… Continue reading Scientists discover how tomato ripening can be slowed down and sped up