Skepticism Concerning the Assertion That Our Ancestors Were Nearly Extinct
Could the existence of the world’s eight billion people have depended on the fortitude of just 1,280 human forebears who nearly went extinct 900,000 years…
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The First Flight of a Butterfly Invents a New Method for Generating Power and Electricity
Chitin, an organic polymer that makes up the majority of the shells of arthropods like crustaceans and other insects, is used to make a butterfly’s…
DNA Sequencing
DNA sequencing is the technique of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It is a method for determining the…
A New, Simple, and Accessible Method Creates Drug Structures with Increasing Potency
Many medications can be made more potent and have their qualities fine-tuned by using chemical structures called cyclopropanes, however conventional techniques to make these structures…
Condensation Polymers
Condensation polymers are any polymers whose polymerization process involves a condensation reaction (i.e., a tiny molecule, such as water or methanol, is created as a…
PFAS Left on Water Treatment Filters Could Be Degraded by a New Method
In a recent study, Feng “Frank” Xiao and associates from the University of Missouri show how to quickly break down PFAS that have been left…
Biomaterial
A biomaterial is a substance that has been created to interact with biological systems for either therapeutic (treating, augmenting, repairing, or replacing a tissue function…
Servomechanism – in Control Engineering
A servomechanism, abbreviated as servo in control engineering, is an automatic system that uses error-sensing negative feedback to adjust the operation of a mechanism. A…
Scar Tissue is Monitored by an AI-Enabled Soft Robotic Implant so it can Self-Adapt for Individualized Drug Therapy
University of Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research teams have described a development in medical device technology that could result in intelligent, enduring,…
Biointensive Agriculture – an Organic Agricultural System
Biointensive agriculture is an organic agricultural method that focuses on maximizing yields from a small amount of land while also enhancing biodiversity and sustaining soil…
The Impact of the Recent Marine Heat Wave on Corals is Worse than Previously Imagined
According to recent University of Victoria research, the consequences of marine heat waves brought on by climate change on corals and biodiversity are greater than…
Sustainable Refurbishment
Working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials is referred to as sustainable renovation. It refers to the process…
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