Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – Nov 14 2023

Lyme disease is rampant, with 14 percent of the world’s adults having or having had the illness, according to BMJ, a British publisher of medical journals.

Working with a plastic called epoxy resin vitrimer, researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a new kind of plastic that is plastic-strong at room temperature, repairs itself when cut, breaks down into its recyclable ingredients when heated, and dissolves in seawater into edible material that can nourish marine life. 

Twenty-one teams of scientists around the world have collaborated to make the most detailed catalog yet of human brain cells.