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Breakthrough "water battery" is greener and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Less gym time, same results: Lowering weights is all you need to do
Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weightlifting routine in half.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Researchers develop a groundbreaking treatment for diabetes using ultrasound
Are we moving closer to the day when diabetes is no longer monitored and managed by blood sugar tests, insulin injections or drug treatments
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


World's first graphene circuit can generate limitless power from thermal motion
Physicist has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Researchers improve short term memory problems through laser therapy
Researchers demonstrated that the therapy, which is non-invasive, could improve short term, or working memory in people by up to 25%.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Space-based laser communications system will transform future science missions
TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than in most cities,
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Harvard and Cambridge astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


Revolutionary new drug increases human life span by 30%
Scientists may never find the elixir of life, but they are finding new ways to extend our life spans and protecting our cells from aging.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


Groundbreaking cancer-treating drug developed by Stanford researchers
Researchers have discovered a rapid and sustainable way to synthetically produce a promising cancer-fighting compound right in the lab.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


Groundbreaking research quantifies the health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected to dial down.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


MIT researchers sent the first quantum signal ever through a wormhole
Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think, study finds
Researchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


A self-powered ingestible sensor will revolutionize gut health
Engineering researchers have developed a battery-free, pill-shaped ingestible biosensing system designed to provide continuous monitoring.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


8-year-old boy upends a century of scientific knowledge regarding plants and insects
Team revealed a much more complex type of myrmecochory that combined the wasp-oak gall interaction with the edible appendage-ant interaction
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


Single injection can reverse paralysis in severe spinal cord injury patients
In a new study, researchers have developed a new injectable therapy to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


Deep-learning AI system revolutionizes breast cancer treatment
AI can assist in making or verifying a diagnosis, it can help match the treatment to the individual patient, it can offer a prognosis.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


Alzheimer's patients benefit significantly from 40 Hz sensory stimulation
The therapy was well tolerated, produced no serious adverse effects and was associated with some significant neurological benefits.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 3, 2022


Groundbreaking study points to an effective cure for brain cancer
These findings provide a promising basis for developing effective medications for glioblastoma, an aggressive, and thus far incurable cancer
Joseph Shavit
Dec 2, 2022


Groundbreaking pill can deliver the same results as physical exercise
New research could hold the key to developing a supplement capable of administering the health benefits of exercise to patients.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 2, 2022


Researchers make a breakthrough in the ability to move things with our minds
A joint team of scientists have advanced the first step towards real-time, remote and wireless mind control of metamaterials.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 2, 2022
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