Tag: Science

At Germany’s University of Rostock, scientists blasted plastic waste with lasers and microdiamonds rained out.

In “‘Living Robots’ Made From Frogs” (9 Feb 2021), we introduced readers to Xenobots, biological machines made from frog embryos’ heart and skin cells. Microsurgeons assembled the cells according to a design evolved by a computer. The cells formed tiny organisms that moved.

Researchers at the University of Chicago have built the world’s first anode-free, solid-state sodium battery. 

We’ve seen the images of Foxconn’s electronics assembly caverns with young women sitting elbow to elbow along seemingly endless benches, assembling iPads and cell phones. 

In the 1960s, proponents of LSD urged people to “tune in, turn on, and drop out.” There’s new evidence that you can turn on by tuning in your headphones.

Researchers at the University of San Diego have created a plastic that does away with itself when it’s no longer needed.

An indisputable marker of aging is the length of our telomeres. Telomeres are the caps at the end of our chromosomes that help cells divide. Every time a cell divides, it loses a little of its telomeres.

People with obesity who aren’t able to lose weight may no longer need to think about gastric bypass surgery, which replumbs the digestive tract and can lead to a range of complications.