Credit: CSEM It might look like some bizarre alien artwork but this is actually a frictionless gear mechanism, 3D-printed all in one in high-performance stainless steel, designed to enable the…
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Robotically manufactured timber as a model for resource-efficient construction
Exterior view of the livMatS Biomimetic Shell @ FIT. © ICD/ITKE/IntCDC University of Stuttgart, . Credit: Conné van d’Grachten As the world’s population continues to grow, the construction industry faces…
In new space race, scientists propose geoarchaeology can aid in preserving space heritage
Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University…
US-China talks thaw in heatwave
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events US climate envoy John Kerry visited an overheating Beijing this…
WHO expert cancer group states that the sweetener aspartame is a possible carcinogen, but evidence is limited – 6 questions answered
The World Health Organization declared on July 14, 2023, that the widely used synthetic sweetener aspartame could be a “possible” carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent, on the basis of “limited evidence…
Iran’s ancient ‘wind catchers’ beat the heat naturally
UNESCO listed Yazd as a World Heritage Site, describing the city as a ‘living testimony to intelligent use of limited available resources in the desert for survival’ Tall, chimney-like towers rise…
Researchers reverse chemotherapy-related fertility loss using cell-based therapy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study in a preclinical model, by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, demonstrates the potential for restoring fertility when the ovaries have stopped working.…
Biden’s union-friendly green jobs pitch meets sceptical response
Workers in Philadelphia questioned whether green jobs could permanently replace dirty ones and pay the same high rates US President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the…
Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here’s how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups
Scrolling through the news has become a game of “What Great Horror Did Glyphosate Wreak This Week?” Variations on “Study first to link weed killer Roundup to convulsions in animals”…
