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May 25, 2022

A new research shows batteries could last 100 years

Posted by in category: energy

May 25, 2022

Breast cancer therapy success rates drop sharply for overweight people

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

May 25, 2022

Tri-Cities Scientists ‘Magically’ Mining Metals From Water

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, sustainability, transportation

May 25, 2022

Blue Origin could land a futuristic telescope on the Moon in one go

Posted by in categories: cosmology, space travel

May 25, 2022

It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth

Posted by in category: space

Is this true?


NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth.

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May 25, 2022

NASA plans to launch an unexpected organism to space to study cosmic radiation

Posted by in category: space

Cosmic radiation remains a significant danger to spacefarers.


A new experiment that is set to accompany the Artemis 1 mission will analyze how brewer’s yeast fares against cosmic radiation.

May 25, 2022

Australian startup develops mine shaft gravity storage

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Green Gravity, a startup proposing to use old mine shafts for gravitational energy storage, has secured AUD 1.4 million ($990,000) in its first formal capital raise.


From pv magazine Australia

Green Gravity is turning to the former cornerstone of Australia’s wealth, coal mining, to remove the final hurdle for a fully renewable electricity system. It is proposing to lift and release ultra-heavy weights in legacy mine shafts, in a reimagining of how the universal force of attraction, gravity, can be used to store renewable energy.

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May 25, 2022

25% of New York’s streets could be converted as squares and cycle paths

Posted by in category: space travel

NYC 25×25 is a plan proposed by Transportation Alternatives, which acts to transform a quarter of the current urban space available to cars: an area equivalent to thirteen Central Parks to be taken away from traffic.

May 25, 2022

Your Martian Dream Home, Made By Fungi

Posted by in categories: materials, space

Your Martian Dream Home, Made By Fungi ‘… it was the cheapest building material known.’ — Larry Niven, 1968.

3D Printed Glass Uses Stereolithography Techniques ‘All that with glass…’ — Frank Herbert, 1972.

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May 25, 2022

Nature Reviews Bioengineering

Posted by in category: bioengineering

Things are only impossible until they’re not.