It’s been known for decades that playing music near plants will make them grow bigger and faster. Now scientists in Japan have found that playing a musical tone at animal fat cells in a lab dish curbs their development by as much as 15 percent.
Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – May 27 2025
“SUPERWOOD” GOES COMMERCIAL
This summer, the startup InventWood will begin mass-producing “SuperWood,” a super-densified wood that the creators say is 10 times stronger than the original tree.
DISSOLVING PLASTIC WASTE USING COMMON MATERIALS AND AIR
Scientists are creating next-generation methods to recycle plastic without using the toxic solvents still common in many processes.