Toshiba in partnership with a Japanese aerospace company and a Brazilian niobium miner has invented a super charge ion battery or SCiB that could accelerate EV and hybrid adoption in transportation, and provide reliable battery storage for electric grids.
Just off the coast of Panama people are on the move. Why? Because the island by 2100 will have almost disappeared under the rising Caribbean Sea and a direct consequence of climate change.
Scientists backed by the European Commission with a €315 million budget are building Destination Earth or DestinE, a digital twin of the planet for testing climate and weather predictions, policies noting impacts down to areas the size of a few square kilometres where most climate changes are observed..
Would an AI have predicted the iPhone? Would an AI have predicted the Russian Revolution or the fall of the U.S.S.R? Futurists are not tea leaf and magic crystal readers. To be one you have to study the past. Delving into history provides the context for future possibilities.
DIY home testing has shifted medical diagnosis from doctors' offices and medical laboratories to living rooms. It is increasingly seen by consumers as convenient, private, affordable and quick. A lack of regulatory oversight by government and the medical profession makes reliance on DIY tests suspect.
Smart bandages with ultra-tiny biosensors that monitor wounds to help heal them faster are being developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have been developing an antibiotic designed to kill gram-negative bacteria also known as superbugs like Escherichia coli (E-coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
When healthcare support systems are strained by environmental challenges from extreme heat and severe weather, coping with disease outbreaks can become too burdensome, particularly for the health and well-being of those living in underdeveloped countries. These are conditions that will lead to the next global pandemic.
Glioblastomas in humans have a median survival of around 15 months. The current standard of care includes surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. A mRNA vaccine developed at the University of Florida could stimulate the body's response to destroy the cancer and be far less stressful on cancer patients.
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