In labs, researchers have been growing heart “organoids”—parts of hearts—for years, as we first showed our readers in “The Garden of Organ” (27 Feb 2017).
Tag: Science
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ABUNDANT ELEMENT COULD HELP MAKE CO2 A VALUABLE FEEDSTOCK
Carbon dioxide—CO2—contains a valuable commodity: carbon monoxide (CO), which is used as a basis for making plastics and diesel and jet fuels.
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TOMORROW’S COMPUTERS: SILICON AND QUBITS OUT, LASERS IN
LightSolver, a young Israeli company, claims to have created a computer that runs on 100 lasers instead of the chips in conventional computers or the qubits that are at the heart of quantum computers.
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COWS MAKE THE MEDICINE
A genetically engineered cow in Brazil has produced human insulin in her milk, a global first.
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VTOL AIRPLANES GO COMMERCIAL
After years of speculation about fixed-wing, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (VTOL), German manufacturer Lilium has just landed an order for 20 all-electric VTOLs from UrbanLink, a regional airline that’s first in the U.S. to commit to flying the technology commercially.
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COULD DAD’S ANTIBIOTICS COMPROMISE HIS OFFSPRINGS’ HEALTH?
It’s only a study in mice but the implications are clear: common antibiotics may disrupt a father’s ability to sire healthy children.
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SLASHING COMPUTERS’ POWER CONSUMPTION WITH “MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING”
From crypto mining to power-hungry AI data centers to the rise of electric cars, the world’s demand for electricity is growing faster than utility companies can hang cables.
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GENERATOR TAKES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR TO MAKE ELECTRICITY
Carbon dioxide as a waste gas can be a source of energy, but that energy is in the form of heat that ebbs away when the gas is released.
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CIRCUIT BOARD MATERIAL DISSOLVES AFTER USE
Peeling the valuable electronic components and useful metals from discarded circuit boards is labor-intensive and time-consuming.
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SUPERCAPACITORS COULD LET EV AND OTHER BATTERIES CHARGE IN SECONDS
Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a near-term alternative to the standard lithium-ion cells that power electric vehicles (EVs) now.