Carbon capture technology—sucking excess carbon from the air and then storing it—has grabbed not only headlines, but billions of dollars in speculative investments.
Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – Apr 9 2024
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PLANT-BASED PLASTIC THAT DOESN’T TURN INTO MICROPLASTIC
Microplastics—those invisible granules of plastic that remain after a plastic container has degraded—cover the Earth from the ocean floor to the tops of Himalayan mountains.
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FULL POWER, SCOTTY! FUSION ENGINE FOR SPACE FLIGHT READY FOR LAUNCH
RocketStar, a development-stage company, says it has successfully tested a novel ion-drive rocket engine that gives 50 percent more thrust than conventional fuels, in part by incorporating a form of nuclear fusion.
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ENZYME MAY BE KEY TO ALZHEIMER’S
Clots of amyloid and tau proteins gumming up spaces between brain cells are signs of Alzheimer’s Disease but are no longer thought to be its cause.