FinalSpark, a Swiss company, is offering clients time on its new computer—a computer called Neuroplatform made up of four living human brain organoids wired together and connected to computer chips.
Tag: Science
DOZENS OF DENSELY POPULATED CITIES ARE SINKING
Dozens of cities in China and along the U.S. east coast are sinking under their own weight, according to new satellite data that has been measuring land movement over time.
SMALL, PORTABLE NUCLEAR PLANTS TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO RISKY, REPORT SAYS
Around the world, at least 80 different ventures are designing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to meet intense localized energy needs, such as AI data centers, or to add incremental capacity to a grid.
HONDA BUILDING PLUG-IN HYDROGEN HYBRID CAR IN OHIO
Honda Motor Co. is building the U.S.’s first plug-in hydrogen hybrid passenger car.
LITHIUM FROM WASTEWATER, NOT NEW MINES
Lithium, the essential metal for batteries that power portable electric devices, including electric vehicles (EVs), is expected to be in increasingly short supply in coming years.
WOMEN’S DREAM COMES CLOSER: A NONTOXIC, REVERSIBLE MALE CONTRACEPTIVE
A male contraceptive pill that’s temporary and doesn’t mess with male hormones is coming closer, thanks to researchers at Baylor University’s medical school.
CAR COMPANIES ANNOUNCE NEW ENGINES FOR DIFFERENT FUELS
Mazda, Subaru, and Toyota Motor Corp. have not followed the rest of the auto industry headlong into electric vehicles and now are emphasizing that distinction even more.
SCIENTISTS GROW HEARTS IN LABS TO TEST NEW DRUGS
In labs, researchers have been growing heart “organoids”—parts of hearts—for years, as we first showed our readers in “The Garden of Organ” (27 Feb 2017).
ABUNDANT ELEMENT COULD HELP MAKE CO2 A VALUABLE FEEDSTOCK
Carbon dioxide—CO2—contains a valuable commodity: carbon monoxide (CO), which is used as a basis for making plastics and diesel and jet fuels.
TOMORROW’S COMPUTERS: SILICON AND QUBITS OUT, LASERS IN
LightSolver, a young Israeli company, claims to have created a computer that runs on 100 lasers instead of the chips in conventional computers or the qubits that are at the heart of quantum computers.