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Schematic illustration of the superconducting highway for energy transport and storage and superconductor levitation for the transport of people and goods. CREDIT Vakaliuk et al.
A superconducting highway that could transport vehicles and electricity
Over 150 people die every day from overdoses of synthetic opioids including fentanyl, which is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
Possible game changer: Looks like there is a vaccine for the fentanyl epidemic
(a) Illustration of traditional STPV and (b) nonreciprocal STPV. The absorber of traditional STPV has back radiation towards the sun. In nonreciprocal STPV, the back emission from the intermediate layer is suppressed, and more incoming energy is directed towards the cell. The nonreciprocal behavior of the intermediate layer can be made wavelength selective. Credit: Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh et al, Physical Review Applied (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.034083
Generating solar power 24/7 with a new solar harvesting system
The soleus pushup activates the soleus muscle differently than when standing or walking.
‘Soleus Pushup’ fuels metabolism for hours while sitting
A sprayable ice-shedding material that is 100 times stronger than any others
Figure shows an example of a repair of an infarcted adult mouse heart in vivo, made possible through injections of a combination of STEMIN and YAP5SA mRNA. After four weeks, sectioned hearts stained red showed significant reduction of infarcted area (photo credit: The Journal of Cardiovascular Aging)
Researchers repair and regenerate heart muscle cells as a potential powerful clinical strategy
Using an implantable device, a UH team demonstrated that systolic blood pressure can be lowered 10% in one hour and 16% two hours after nerve stimulation.
Reducing blood pressure consistently using deep nerve stimulation
Safe, low-cost, energy-dense, and long-lifetime solid-state sodium batteries
Pores in this micron-scale particle, the result of pyrolyzing in the presence of potassium acetate, are able to sequester carbon dioxide from streams of flue gas.Courtesy of the Tour Group
Here’s another thing to do with that mountain of used plastic: make it soak up excess carbon dioxide
Breakthrough for muscle regeneration
COVID-19 Nasal Vaccine Candidate Effective at Preventing Disease Transmission
A critical next step toward room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure
Hydrogen production at room temperature from seawater moves closer to commercialization with a new catalyst
A magnesium battery operating at room temperature and delivering a power density comparable to lithium-ion batteries
Monitoring and treating heart disease with a new flexible implanted device