Tag: Science

Copper can ease the pain of arthritis and fight infections, but now it also may deliver far cheaper pharmaceuticals, thanks to a discovery by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

For big rigs hauling heavy loads over long distances, hydrogen is a better clean fuel than electric batteries, fleet operators say, because the trucks are not also hauling a literal ton of electric power supply.

It’s not news that microscopic plastic particles litter our environment, being found atop Mount Everest and in the depths of the oceans.

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have found another molecule that shows strong powers to slow, and for some people reverse, the unhappy symptoms of aging.

Engineers at the University of Cambridge have devised a self-powered raft that can not only provide clean water to an increasingly thirsty world but also deliver hydrogen for fuel or industrial uses.

A “smart pill” the size of a blueberry can be easily swallowed, then travel through the large intestine, lighting up symptoms and causes of illness as it moves through.

Lyme disease is rampant, with 14 percent of the world’s adults having or having had the illness, according to BMJ, a British publisher of medical journals.

Working with a plastic called epoxy resin vitrimer, researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a new kind of plastic that is plastic-strong at room temperature, repairs itself when cut, breaks down into its recyclable ingredients when heated, and dissolves in seawater into edible material that can nourish marine life. 

Twenty-one teams of scientists around the world have collaborated to make the most detailed catalog yet of human brain cells.

Several labs are working on different ways to turn waste carbon dioxide into engine fuel.