Tag: Science

A lot of sportswear is made with plastic. Running shoes, cold-weather vests, yoga pants, and more items in your wardrobe are shot through with polyester fibers.

Whether you have boundless energy or are habitually low-key could be an inheritance from your mother, according to new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Virginia’s Plenty Richmond Farm aims to branch out: its new growing system is designed to produce strawberries year-round from plants hanging off of 30-foot towers.

Researchers at Canada’s Western University have discovered a protein in a bacterium called D. radiodurans that not only arrests damage to DNA but also signals the body’s repair mechanism to come and fix it.

In 2008, Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was wondering what she should research as a subject for her doctoral dissertation when she happened on a study indicating that bacteria could be a useful tool in restoring paintings.

Human trials are underway for SPG302, a once-daily pill from research-stage startup Spinogenix.

Aigen’s bot trundles along between rows of crops, swinging metal arms back and forth under its belly. The arms end in blades, moving at ground height to lop off weeds. 

After succeeding with mice and ferrets, Japanese researchers are preparing to begin a year-long trial of a treatment that can regrow missing teeth in humans. 

Startup company Deep Fission has a unique take on the idea of small, portable nuclear reactors in development by the U.S. energy department as well as several private firms. (See “A New Generation of Nuclear Power Plants is Here,” 9 Aug 2022.)