The gradual wearing away of cartilage, the tough cushion of tissue that separates the bones in joints, is the chief cause of osteoarthritis, a painful and debilitating condition affecting more than 600 million people worldwide and as many as 20 percent of American adults, according to the World Health Organization.
Solid state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) have been in development for years. Now they’re about to hit the road, according to Chery, a major Chinese automaker.
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have good news for the world’s estimated 318 million people facing acute hunger in 68 countries.
Scientists have mastered elementary genomic “literacy” well enough to create genetic structures from scratch for viruses, bacteria, and yeasts.
A Beijing company has logged the first flight of its S2000 “windmill airship,” a giant air duct that rises a mile or more into the air with an encased helium chamber.
WES-Tec Global is recycling plastic waste. However, instead of turning it into deck boards or lawn furniture, the South Korean startup is using it to make something called the ECOCCUBE – solid blocks that can be used to make levees and shoreline reinforcements in areas prone to flooding.
The liver is the only human organ that can regenerate itself when it’s sick or been damaged. However, most people dealing with acute liver failure die before a replacement can be transplanted.
Leucine, an essential amino acid found in foods like grass fed beef, eggs, and dairy, triggers a cellular pathway that boosts mitochondrial performance and energy output
Now there’s another good reason to recycle those aluminum cans.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, materials scientists have developed an aluminum alloy that can be 3D-printed, stands up under extreme heat, and has tested at five times the strength of commercial aluminum made in the customary way.
Researchers at the University of Vermont’s medical school have found that replacing a missing fat in the brain may be a key to preventing—and even reversing—some common forms of dementia, a condition afflicting an estimated 50 million and growing number of people worldwide.