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Weight is a premium on space launches, so the less we have to take with us, the better. Now, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new electrolysis device that may be able to convert very salty Martian water into breathable o… Continue reading New electrolyzer could make hydrogen and oxygen out of salty Mars water
Blood tests are starting to show real potential as a way of detecting Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages, with a number of studies producing highly promising results in the past couple of years. Joining them is a new test that can analyze markers in the blood of those with mild memory loss to determine the risk of them going on to develop Alzheimer’s within two to four years.
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Two heavyweights in the world of high-performance battery technology are teaming up to create the world’s first lithium-sulfur battery-powered luxury boat. Motorsport supplier Williams Advanced Engineering and lithium-sulfur specialist Oxis Energy will… Continue reading Williams and Oxis take lithium-sulfur battery tech to the high seas
Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated a new method to make immunotherapy a more effective and directed treatment against cancer. The team designed microparticles containing drugs that are only released when T cells physically squeeze them, on contact w… Continue reading T cells squeeze fresh drugs into cancer in new immunotherapy treatment
We’ve already seen kits for converting traditional bikes to ebikes, and for converting them to pedal-powered snow machines. The Electric SnowBike Kit goes a step further, by combining the two.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Electric … Continue reading Envo kit turns regular bikes into snow-going ebikes
Fans can typically only be locked off or set to oscillate, in either case meaning that they won’t necessarily always be blowing on someone who is moving around. As its name implies, however, the Following Fan tracks its user, panning with them as they … Continue reading Person-tracking floor fan keeps the breeze on its moving user
If you should become separated from your solo sailboat, kayak or other watercraft out on the open sea, staying afloat isn’t the only challenge – you also have to be seen by your rescuers. That’s where the wearable, inflatable SeeArch is made to come in… Continue reading Wearable inflatable SeeArch pops up for open-water rescues
With an eye to improving quality of life for the elderly and frail, scientists at the National University of Singapore have discovered a molecule that can promote muscle health when subjected to weak magnetic fields. This process is said to mimic some … Continue reading Molecule found to promote muscle health in response to magnetic fields
Among the many negative health outcomes that may be driven by changes to our gut microbiome is poor sleep, with recent research uncovering links between it and alterations to the community of bacteria living in our bellies. A new study out of Japan’s U… Continue reading Gut microbiome linked to poor sleep via metabolite production
Viruses largely get a bad rap, but some may be helpful. Oncolytic viruses selectively hunt down and kill cancer cells, but this emerging therapy can be rendered ineffective or even dangerous if it alerts the immune system. Now scientists have tweaked t… Continue reading Modified cancer-killing virus avoids triggering immune system response