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general September 11, 2022 posted by Nigel

Supercharging Science: The Dangers Of Inflating Scientific Research To Hype Vaporware

We recently came across an interesting article in New Scientist magazine which looked very exciting. The headline read ‘Supercharging tweak could fill electric car batteries 90% in 10 mins’. Wow, that sounded like it could really change the EV market significantly. Naturally we started our typical process of due diligence (learned over 20 years of publication) to learn the background to this seemingly revolutionary new tech. Yeah well, about that…

general April 14, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Trump Wants To Mine The Moon – signs order to encourage work

We have to be careful with nonrenewable resources like minerals because once we mine them all, that’s it, there isn’t anymore. Well except for what’s on the moon. And no one up there needs them so we might as well go get them too. Or at least that seems to be the idea behind President Trump’s executive order.

general April 13, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Plastic Eating Bacteria Breaks Down Bottles In Hours – enzyme engineered to do a mighty job

Plastic is a problem but it looks like bacteria might just save us from ourselves. Scientists have engineered a bacterial enzyme that can break down plastic bottles at record speed. It turns a process that would take hundreds of years into one that only takes a few hours.

general April 2, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

New Process Cleans N95 Masks – could allow them to be reused

The N95 respirator masks are in short supply (along with much of the other needed PPE) and doctors have had to reuse them which puts everyone in danger. Researchers at Duke University have devised a way to decontaminate these masks so that they can safely be reused.

hmm..interesting September 18, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

Climate Resistant Mutations – wild wheat may provide key to avoid future famines

Climate change is a big deal for our food supply. Many of the strains of food producing plants we rely on to feed vast amounts of people simply don’t have what it takes to survive the rising temperatures, including wheat. There’s some good news though, scientist have found that some strands of wild wheat have beneficial mutations that make give them an edge when it comes to change.

Eco Friendly July 18, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

Big Butterfly Count – help track this year’s butterfly migration

Science needs help again. This time in counting butterflies. Which is about as whimsical and lovely as one can get to be honest. A giant migration of butterflies has caused scientists to ask the public for help in counting millions of them in the UK. You can join the Big Butterfly Count and help out!

Gadgets November 12, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Microscope Camera with 1000X Zoom – take pictures of small things

There’s more to the world than what we can see with our naked eye. There’s a whole universe that exists in a space to small for us to see. So buy a microscope and get exploring! The Microscope Camera with 1000X Zoom hooks up to your computer and lets you look at explore the tiny hidden world.

Eco Friendly November 7, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage – store the summer’s heat for winter

You know the drill, you complain about the heat all summer but then as soon as the cold weather hits, you complain about that. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some way to store that delicious summer heat for when you really need it, like the dead of winter. Science thought so too! Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage (MOST) saves heat for a cold day.

Gadgets July 19, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

HEXA – the crab robot you control

Wanna get into robotics but just don’t know where to start? Well HEXA is here for you! The little crab robot that is waiting for you to teach it great things. Experiment, discover new ways of doing through robotics with this kit.

Science June 6, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

SigNature – tag so you know where everything is coming from

How do you really know if what you’re buying is authentic? How do you know if all the materials came from where the manufacturer says they came from? How does the manufacturer know they people they buy from are telling the truth? With SigNature Molecular Tags, anything can be tracked so people know for certain.

Gadgets May 22, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

The Fifth Element – no stones needed for this futuristic weather machine

Most of us just pick up our smart devices or check out the weather channel when we need to know what’s happening outside before we leave. If this is just too pedestrian for you, then the Fifth Element is the gadget you need. This weather station is your multipass to atmospheric knowledge.

Eco Friendly February 26, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Glowing Plants – MIT is working on making nature really light up

We’ve been fighting against the literal darkness since humans crawled out of the primordial goo of evolution. Now we’re hoping to bring another weapon to the battle, glowing plants. Researchers at MIT have created plants that glow in the dark, bright enough to almost read by.

cool tech February 6, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

DreamLab – help cure cancer with your smartphone

We’ve talked about how the phone in your pocket or on your desk is actually a little computer. When you put it on the charger at night, all that computing power is sitting dormant. Now you can put it to good use with DreamLab, the app that uses your phone to crunch research data.

Awesome January 11, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Ringing in your ears? – there may be a cure for tinnitus on the horizon

Tinnitus is awful. The constant ringing of the ears is really enough to drive you mad and as of late, there haven’t really been great solutions for solving this terrible problem. New research thinks it may have found the answer in a two-part process published in the Science Translational Medicine journal.

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