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China’s Tsinghua University has scored a world first by demonstrating the inherent safety of the first operating commercial pebble-bed nuclear reactor by shutting off the power and letting the passive systems maintain control of the reactor core.Contin… Continue reading World’s first ‘meltdown-proof’ nuclear reactor aces safety test
China claims to have brought the world’s first Generation IV commercial nuclear reactor online. The Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant HTR-PM high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed reactor in Shidao Bay, Shandong Province, reportedly went into servi… Continue reading China brings world’s first Generation IV nuclear reactor online
Serving multiple useful purposes, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) usually incorporate scalp-applied or even brain-implanted electrodes. A new less-invasive BCI, however, can simply be stuck in the patient’s ear canal as needed.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Twisty device monitors brain activity from inside the ear canal
While some assistance is available to individuals who lack the power of speech, verbally communicating with other people can still be challenging. A new face-worn strain sensor could help, as it’s able to “read” the wearer’s silently mouthed words.Cont… Continue reading Facial strain sensor could give a voice to the voiceless
Ordinarily, we associate mouthguards with sports such as boxing and football. An experimental new one, however, could allow people who lack the use of their hands to control electronic devices – and it would do so by tracking their bite patterns.Contin… Continue reading Assistive mouthguard lets users control devices by biting down
Discarded electronics can be a gold mine – literally. Researchers have developed an efficient new way to use graphene to recover gold from electronic waste, without needing any other chemicals or energy.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Waste, … Continue reading Graphene efficiently recovers gold from waste electronics
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have developed a new drug cocktail that can convert cells into totipotent stem cells, the very seeds of life. These cells can differentiate into any cell in the body, potentially bypassing the need for sperm … Continue reading Drug cocktail makes stem cells that could grow organisms from scratch
As honeybees collect pollen and nectar from flowers, they repeatedly bend and straighten their abdomens – yet with a minimal amount of friction. Scientists have now discovered what makes this possible, and it could have applications in human technology… Continue reading Friction-reducing honeybee hairs may inspire longer-lasting devices
Wearing a big, heavy backpack can get pretty tiring. That’s why scientists have developed a pack that’s not only claimed to lighten the load on the wearer, but that also uses the motion of that load to generate electricity.Continue ReadingCategory: Goo… Continue reading “Sliding” backpack lightens its wearer’s load, generates electricity
Open wounds on the stomach wall can be serious if left untreated, sometimes requiring surgery. In the not-too-distant future, though, it’s possible that a small robot could bioprint new cells onto such injuries … from inside the body.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Bioprinting robot could treat gastric wounds from within