“World’s first smart basketball hoop” rocks an interactive backboard

Huupe has opened pre-orders on a US$4,000 smart basketball hoop, complete with shot tracking, interactive training guides, remote player vs player challenges, and an enormous high-def screen for a backboard – so you can watch TV as you shoot around.Con… Continue reading “World’s first smart basketball hoop” rocks an interactive backboard

Most distant object ever seen is a mysteriously bright, ancient galaxy

Astronomers have discovered the most distant object ever seen – a strange galaxy some 13.5 billion light-years away. Known as HD1, the galaxy may house a never-before-seen population of stars, or a supermassive black hole mysteriously ahead of its time… Continue reading Most distant object ever seen is a mysteriously bright, ancient galaxy

Piasecki outlines its path to the world’s first manned hydrogen helicopter flight

Piasecki Aircraft has announced it’s putting a HyPoint turbo air-cooled fuel cell and an electric powertrain into an ultralight helicopter from EDM Aerotec, hoping to achieve the world’s first manned hydrogen-powered helicopter flight – with its own co… Continue reading Piasecki outlines its path to the world’s first manned hydrogen helicopter flight

Startling discovery threatens to upend Standard Model of particle physics

After a decade-long analysis, a collaboration of physicists has made the most precise measurement of the mass of a key particle – and it may unravel physics as we know it. The new measurement differs drastically from predictions based on the Standard M… Continue reading Startling discovery threatens to upend Standard Model of particle physics

Risk of serious blood clot events spike in the months after COVID-19

New observational research out of Sweden has tracked more than one million COVID-19 cases for months after their acute illness in order to determine how the disease influences subsequent risk of blood clots. The findings indicate COVID-19 significantly… Continue reading Risk of serious blood clot events spike in the months after COVID-19

“Time jump” anti-aging method gives specialized cells a 30-year refresh

Through experimentation with a highly promising anti-aging technique, scientists at the UK’s Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new way of turning back the clock in human skin cells. These cells functioned like cells 30 years younger, but in what r… Continue reading “Time jump” anti-aging method gives specialized cells a 30-year refresh

Grand Seiko Kodo with world-first combination of high-accuracy devices

Grand Seiko has released its first mechanical complication watch, the Kodo Constant-force Tourbillon, which is the first timepiece to combine a tourbillon and a constant-force mechanism into a single axis for greater stability and accuracy.Continue Rea… Continue reading Grand Seiko Kodo with world-first combination of high-accuracy devices

Study suggests causal link between insomnia and high blood sugar

Poor or disrupted sleep has long been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, from obesity and heart disease to dementia and depression. But there is an ongoing debate amongst researchers over the causal direction of these associations.C… Continue reading Study suggests causal link between insomnia and high blood sugar

Sun-powered water filter excels at killing pathogens

There are many parts of the world in which fresh water may be plentiful, but it’s also full of harmful microbes. An experimental new filter is able to purify such water for drinking, and it’s powered solely by sunlight.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Th… Continue reading Sun-powered water filter excels at killing pathogens

Drug-releasing hydrogel keeps cancer from returning after surgery

After surgery to remove tumors, some cancer cells can be left behind where they can grow back or spread to a new part of the body. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have now developed a hydrogel that can be applied post-surgery to prev… Continue reading Drug-releasing hydrogel keeps cancer from returning after surgery