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Researchers develop method that can recycle water used in fracking and drilling
The current volume of wastewater - the result of water forced underground to fracture rock - is estimated at 250 million barrels per day.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 8, 2022


Will the Earth’s magnetic poles reverse soon?
Where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 8, 2022


Solar cell innovation generates 1,000x more power
The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate, the current flow was up to 1,000 times stronger.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 8, 2022


World's most boring person discovered by researchers
The study into the science of boredom has uncovered the jobs, characteristics, and hobbies that are considered a stereotypical snooze.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 8, 2022


The amazing connection between diet, eye health and lifespan
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time a link between diet, circadian rhythms, eye health and lifespan in Drosophila.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 7, 2022


Simple blood test may allow for early cancer detection
The current gold standard in cancer diagnostics are biopsies from suspect tissue, which are examined using histology.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 7, 2022


Researchers develop solid-state alternative to lithium batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are currently the preferred technology to power electric vehicles, but they're too expensive for long-duration storage
Joseph Shavit
Jun 7, 2022


MIT researchers invent $4 solar-powered desalination device
An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water and in the developing world face a lack of dependable electricity.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 7, 2022


Researchers unlock the cellular secrets of ageing
Researchers discovered how genetic mutations accumulated slowly over a lifetime lead to dramatic changes in how blood is formed after 70.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


Mobile app provides effective support for children with obesity
100 children from Martina Children’s hospital in Stockholm were able to try the digi-physical treatment concept over a period of one year.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


A 50% reduction in emissions by 2030 can be achieved. Here’s how
Reducing emissions will require major policy changes such as doubling the amount of electricity generated from renewables and a shift to EVs
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


Donating milk brings heartbroken mothers meaning from the loss of a child
Researchers found that some parents who experienced a loss wanted to pump and store their milk explicitly to donate it.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


New custom program helps diabetics control their blood sugar and weight
Program tailored for people living with diabetes helped participants lose weight, lower blood glucose levels, and improve overall wellbeing
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Self-destructing parasites -- New weapon against drug-resistant malaria
Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Cotton fabric filter key to low-cost, effective carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Here's why not all obese people will develop type 2 diabetes
Researchers have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on why some obese patients develop type 2 diabetes and others don’t.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


How will humans survive a global catastrophe?
One suggested way to save humankind in the event of a deadly pandemic or other extreme global catastrophe is establishing a safe refuge.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Trained sniffer dogs accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Scientists develop a ‘fabric’ that turns body movement into electricity
NTU scientists have developed a stretchable and waterproof ‘fabric’ that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth — and maybe Mars
For several hundred million years after the Moon formed, frequent impacts coupled with abundant volcanism on the planet formed basaltic lava
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022
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