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  • Tiny tenacious robots snatch bacteria and microplastics out of the water
    Scientists have developed tiny "robots" which appear to be very effective at removing microplastics pollution from water. What's more, the little bots also target the harmful bacteria that often hitch a ride on the plastic particles.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: BRNO, Microplastic, Water
  • Glass waste and trash-ash find their way into better, greener bricks
    Bricks made partially of discarded glass and recycling-waste ash have been shown to insulate better than regular bricks, while also requiring less energy to produce. And of course, they additionally use materials which would otherwise end up in landfills.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: RMIT University, Glass, Recycling, Building and Construction
  • Plans for larger, higher Baltimore bridge keep channel clear for ships
    Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, a team made up of Carlo Ratti Associati, along with construction firm Webuild and structural engineer Michel Virlogeux, has proposed a new – and safer – replacement.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Bridge, Carlo Ratti Associati
  • Sub-$12k electric micro-car will roll on US roads later this year
    LA-based Eli Electric Vehicles is launching its flagship Zero electric micro-car in the US market later this year, hoping to build on sales success in Europe and beyond. The teeny two-person city dweller starts at just $11,990.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Last-mile transport, city car
  • Drilling into magma: Risky plan takes geothermal to supercritical extremes
    The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) "has the potential to be for geoscientists what the Large Hadron Collider has been for particle physicists." So say researchers working on the project to drill straight into a magma chamber to explore massive geothermal power.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Geothermal, Clean Energy, Iceland, Alternative Energy, Green+Energy, Geology
  • 5:2 fasting diet's anti-inflammatory effects come down to two proteins
    The most prevalent chronic liver condition worldwide is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a build-up of fat in the liver that isn’t caused by heavy alcohol use. Linked to genetics and overweight or obesity, if NAFLD is left untreated, it can progress into its most severe form, called NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which is characterized by […]
  • 'New' genetic Alzheimer's disease may impact 6.7 million Americans
    An incredible new study has upended our understanding of genetic Alzheimer's disease, finding that nearly everyone carrying two copies of a culprit gene had distinct biological markers of the degenerative condition by the age of 65. This means the APOE4 gene may no longer merely a risk factor but the driver behind a new stand-alone […]