For the first time since 1968, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted a permit to build a new kind of nuclear reactor, a sign that regulators are ready to be more imaginative in their deliberations as the need to move away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent.
Two studies published in November 2023 demonstrated that the current governmental dosing recommendations for vitamin D may not help you achieve optimal levels;[1] a third found a personalized approach to supplementation yielded better results in athletes than a one-size-fits-all approach.[2]
The U.S. military recognizes that dependence on fossil fuels can be a vulnerability, so it’s at work testing aircraft powered by hydrogen and even an electrofuel made by combining waste carbon with hydrogen extracted from water.
In a breakthrough, researchers at Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have combined the six main types of skin cells with a hydrogel to bioprint skin that grafts over wounds and integrates with surrounding tissue as well as the real thing.
The CyberAv3ngers, a group known to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been running cyberattacks on digital devices called programmable logic controllers that are common in U.S. municipal water and sewage processing systems as well as in equipment in energy, healthcare, and food and beverage manufacture, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed.
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is required for healthy nerve function and the synthesis of red blood cells and DNA. B vitamins are also important for healthy immune function, which is your first line of defense against all diseases
Kitepower, a spin-off from the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology, is marketing something called The Hawk, a bank of batteries packed into a mobile shipping container and that is recharged by flying a kite.
Glioblastoma is a particularly virulent form of cancer that typically kills its victims within 12 months of being diagnosed because it’s so hard to treat.
Among electric vehicles’ (EVs’) various supply issues, one sticky one is the need for rare earth metals in the permanent magnets that make their motors spin.
It’s hard to overstate how every facet of modern life is now being infected with the idea that (supposed) innovations of science must mediate and improve our experience.