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If you’ve ever eaten okra, then you’ll know that the stuff can be pretty … gooey. According to new research, that quality could allow a compound from the plant to be used in a less toxic method of removing microplastics from drinking water.Continue Rea… Continue reading To remove microplastics from drinking water … just add okra?
Farmers will often place sheets of plastic on the ground along their crop rows, in order to help hold moisture in the soil. According to a new study, however, the use of wax-coated sand may be a cheaper and greener way to go.Continue ReadingCategory: S… Continue reading Could wax-coated sand replace plastic mulch in farmers’ fields?
A food that’s subtly sweet to one person may be very sweet to another, so how can food and beverage companies objectively determine just how sweet something actually is? Well, an experimental new “bioelectronic tongue” may one day do the job.Continue R… Continue reading “Bioelectronic tongue” objectively assesses sweetness
A food that’s subtly sweet to one person may be very sweet to another, so how can food and beverage companies objectively determine just how sweet something actually is? Well, an experimental new “bioelectronic tongue” may one day do the job.Continue R… Continue reading “Bioelectronic tongue” objectively assesses sweetness
Diabetics typically have to receive insulin via daily injections, or sometimes even from implanted pumps. According to a new study, however, a simple inner-cheek patch could one day provide a far less painful and invasive alternative.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading New study suggests that insulin could be delivered via cheek patches
Scientists have developed an advanced new type of humidity sensor that takes inspiration from camel noses to overcome shortcomings with existing solutions. The novel device is capable of detecting low levels of water molecules in the air and opens up s… Continue reading Humidity sensor inspired by camel noses can trace moving fingers
Currently, when we’re heading outside on a sunny day, we apply sunscreen to limit UV damage to our skin. Thanks to new research, however, we may soon apply a different sort of lotion to avoid frostbite on cold days.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &… Continue reading “Antifreeze skin cream” could protect people from frostbite
Ice in and of itself isn’t slippery – it becomes slippery when friction causes a thin layer of liquid water to form on top of it. Scientists have now applied that same basic principle to an injectable medication that could be used to treat osteoarthrit… Continue reading Experimental medication could treat osteoarthritis by acting like ice
Although hearing aids do make life easier for many people, their limited battery life can be problematic. Scientists have set about addressing that shortcoming, by designing a hearing aid that requires no batteries.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags… Continue reading Battery-free hearing aid generates its own electricity
If you’ve ever taken a peek below the surface of the ocean, you’ll have seen seaweed waving back and forth in the current. Scientists from China’s Dalian Maritime University have now utilized that same motion in an underwater energy-harvesting device.C… Continue reading Energy-harvesting nanogenerator inspired by swaying seaweed