Chucking old carpet fibers into concrete strengthens the concrete by up to 40 percent, reduces cracking by as much as 30 percent, and helps it last longer, according to a study by Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
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RELAX, MOM AND DAD. ALL THAT GAMING IS BUILDING CAREER SKILLS
People who regularly take part in massive multiplayer online (MMO) games are building skills that pay off in the workplace, according to a new study from the University of Houston’s College of Technology.
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ENGINEERED CELLS CURE “INCURABLE” AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
In a small experiment at Germany’s Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 15 people suffering from three different incurable autoimmune diseases—lupus, systemic hardening of the body’s tissues, and inflammation of the muscles—saw their symptoms disappear after they were given an infusion of altered cells designed to refresh their immune systems.
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AFRICAN MEALWORM EATS STYROFOAM
Those blocks of hard foam packing around your flat-screen TV look like dinner to an African mealworm.
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JET FUEL DISTILLED FROM WASTEWATER CUTS EMISSIONS 70 PERCENT
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have created a process to salvage organic matter from wastewater and use it as a feedstock to make “sustainable”—non-polluting—jet fuel.
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SLEEPING BRAIN CELLS COULD WAKE UP AND COMBAT A RANGE OF ILLNESSES
Our brains have hordes of neural stem cells that can grow into new brain cells. They’re dormant until a signal jolts them awake and they begin to make young and healthy new cells.
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NANOPLASTICS IN YOUR BODY CAN INTERFERE WITH A COMMON ANTIBIOTIC
Nanoplastic particles—pieces smaller than a thousandth of a millimeter or four thousandths of an inch—have been found to block the effects of some antibiotics and could worsen the rising crisis of antibiotic resistance.
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SCIENTISTS MAKE SYNTHETIC GENES THAT WORK LIKE REAL ONES IN LIVING CELLS
A team of scientists from the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Rome Tor Vergata have made genes that work the same as nature’s own versions.
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VTOL FLYING FIRST AID STATION TRAVELS AT 288 MPH
Jump Aero, a California startup, has booked the first commercial orders for its JA1 Pulse, a flying first-aid station that can be airborne in less than a minute and is designed to reach any remote or wilderness location within 30 miles in no more than 10 minutes.
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A NUCLEAR POWER MICROPLANT THAT’S A NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Forget your image of nuclear power plants surrounded by chain link fences and with giant concrete cooling towers and armed security.