In a lab in Finland, inside tiny lab equipment roughly the size of coffee cups, researchers are turning CO2 into food. The process–which can run on renewable energy, and requires only a small amount of water and nutrients–could eventually be used in a home appliance to make protein at home, or a production facility in a desert that could supply nutrition in the middle of a famine.
Date archives "November 2018"
X-ray decks: the lost bone music of the Soviet Union
The music flowing out of the record player sounds distant, muffled, surrounded by whispers. The singer’s voice alternates moments of clarity with crackly sputters – as if coming out of a wormhole from a windy day in the Fifties.
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2017/08/x-ray-decks-lost-bone-music-soviet-union
The Laos teenagers beating poverty and getting an education as novice monks
Each dawn, lines of teenage monks in orange robes criss-cross the temple-studded streets of Luang Prabang, the religious heart of Laos and the storied seat of kings and colonisers.
New map of Universe’s dark matter
Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe.
The team surveyed more than 26 million galaxies in the largest study of its kind.
The map will help scientists understand what dark matter is made from and learn more about another mysterious phenomenon called dark energy.
Making graphene out of wood for degradable electronics
It seems like there’s a new graphene breakthrough coming out of the James Tour lab at Rice University almost every month. Over the last few years, the researchers are responsible for developing a graphene-based de-icing coat for plane wings, a carbon material that can filter radionuclides out of water, and using graphene nanotubes to build better batteries. Now, the team has managed to make graphene out of wood, by blasting a piece of pine with a laser beam.
Small Wonders: Chinese Take-Out Boxe
New York offers free college tuition. So do these countries
Is New York taking a page from Europe’s education playbook?
Starting this fall, undergraduate students who attend a two or four-year public college will be eligible for free tuition if their families earn no more than $100,000 a year. Tens of thousands of students are set to benefit.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/04/10/pf/college/free-college-tuition-new-york-europe/index.html
How a Free-For-All on patents could help build a sustainable future
To sustain the the population of 9.7 billion expected by 2050 the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of available resources, both human and environmental. Key industry sectors such as energy, water, agriculture and transport are already under pressure to move to more sustainable methods of production and consumption. However, there are barriers in the way.
100x faster, 10x cheaper: 3D metal printing is about to go mainstream
Desktop Metal – remember the name. This Massachussetts company is preparing to turn manufacturing on its head, with a 3D metal printing system that’s so much faster, safer and cheaper than existing systems that it’s going to compete with traditional mass manufacturing processes.
Burp! Singapore scientists hope for probiotic beer hit
SINGAPORE: It’s a breakthrough worth raising a glass to.
Researchers in Singapore have brewed up a beer containing probiotic bacteria that can improve gut health and boost the immune system.
Rutger Bregman’s TED Talk, a Basic Income lecture with over one million views
Dutch journalist Rutger Bregman, whose bestselling book Utopia for Realists was influential in generating interest and support in basic income in The Netherlands, spoke on basic income at TED2017, held April 24-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
These New Devices Promise to Fight Pain without Opioids
Terri Bryant was working at a cheese factory in 2000 when she injured the delicate, rubbery discs between her spinal bones. That was the start of her chronic pain. Two years later, she had back surgery and started regularly taking fentanyl, a powerful prescription opioid medication. Her pain persisted even after a second surgery in 2009.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608256/these-new-devices-promise-to-fight-pain-without-opioids/