Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – Mar 17 2026

Stem cells replenish organs with vigorous young cells when old one age out. However, stem cells’ ability to do so tends to weaken as we age.

Calcium as the key ingredient in batteries has shown promise as a replacement for lithium, which is not only expensive but has become environmentally controversial as more mines are proposed for sensitive areas.

For years, scientists have been engineering bacteria to carry out specific tasks from producing pharmaceutical drugs to digesting toxic waste into benign materials.