Parkinson’s Disease has been reversed in mice by combining nanoparticles with light in surgery-free experiments.
Tag: Science
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IS THE U.S. THE SAUDI ARABIA OF HYDROGEN?
As hydrogen elbows its way into the clean energy economy, a new map from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows huge reservoirs of hydrogen beneath the lower 48 states ready to be tapped.
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CHINESE FUSION REACTOR SETS TIME RECORD
China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor set a record for the length of time a fusion reactor has been able to maintain a plasma.
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RAMPANT VIRUS THREATENS THE WORLD’S CHOCOLATE SUPPLY
Cacao swollen shoot virus disease is attacking cacao trees in Ghana, destroying up to half of the current harvest. About half of the global supply of cacao, from which chocolate is made, comes from Ghana and neighboring Ivory Coast.
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WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS: 42 BENEFITS, 19 DANGERS
Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may help you avoid 42 different health problems but steer you toward 19 dangerous conditions, according to one of the most comprehensive studies yet done on the compounds.
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SURGEONS FULLY INTEGRATE BIONIC LIMB INTO WOMAN’S BODY
In Sweden, surgeons have fully connected a woman’s artificial forearm and hand with both her skeletal and nervous system, allowing her to move her hand and digits almost as easily as the real thing.
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REDESIGNING THE PASSENGER JET
JetZero, a California startup, has revived a century-old aerodynamic concept to redesign the passenger jet.
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CHINA TO BUILD GIANT SOLAR FARM—IN SPACE
China has announced plans to build a solar array a kilometer wide—more than a half-mile—in geostationary orbit around the Earth that will beam energy back to ground as microwaves.
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SURGICAL ROBOT LEARNS ITS TRADE BY WATCHING VIDEOS
Robots have been doing surgery for 40 years, with their grippers and snippers guided by human surgeons using joysticks.
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QUANTUM SOFTWARE FOR YOUR QUANTUM COMPUTER
Quantum computers, which capitalize on quirks of quantum physics to operate orders of magnitude faster than silicon-based machines, are barely emerging from the experimental stage but software designers are already making programs for them.