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Clean Energy
New Kind of Molten Salt Reactor To Be Built at Retiring Coal Plant
Clean Energy
New Kind of Molten Salt Reactor To Be Built at Retiring Coal Plant
TerraPower, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, has announced plans to build a new kind of molten salt reactor at a retiring coal plant.
TerraPower, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, has announced plans to build a new kind of molten salt reactor at a retiring coal plant.
Hard Reset
How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars
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Hard Reset
How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars
If adopted globally, concentrated solar power could make major waves in manufacturing, not to mention prevent wars over oil and mitigate climate change.
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If adopted globally, concentrated solar power could make major waves in manufacturing, not to mention prevent wars over oil and mitigate climate change.
AI
McDonald’s Is Replacing Human Drive-Thru Attendants With AI
AI
McDonald’s Is Replacing Human Drive-Thru Attendants With AI
McDonald's just rolled out a voice recognition system at 10 drive-thrus in Chicago.
McDonald's just rolled out a voice recognition system at 10 drive-thrus in Chicago.
Medicine
Two Opposite Kinds of Stroke. One Promising Treatment.
Medicine
Two Opposite Kinds of Stroke. One Promising Treatment.
A new stroke treatment could give doctors a way to help victims sooner, improving their chances of avoiding permanent brain damage.
A new stroke treatment could give doctors a way to help victims sooner, improving their chances of avoiding permanent brain damage.
Climate Crisis
How Subterranean Microbes Are Devouring Carbon Emissions
Climate Crisis
How Subterranean Microbes Are Devouring Carbon Emissions
Researchers at Pellissippi State Community College found naturally occurring microbes deep in the Earth’s crust are helping soak up CO2.
Researchers at Pellissippi State Community College found naturally occurring microbes deep in the Earth’s crust are helping soak up CO2.
Sustainability
Lithium Mining Just Became A Water Sport
Sustainability
Lithium Mining Just Became A Water Sport
A team of scientists claims they’ve created an affordable method for extracting lithium from seawater, as an alternative to lithium mining.
A team of scientists claims they’ve created an affordable method for extracting lithium from seawater, as an alternative to lithium mining.
Biology
3D-Printed Liver Tissue May Be First Step to Lab-Grown Organs
Biology
3D-Printed Liver Tissue May Be First Step to Lab-Grown Organs
A NASA challenge designed to accelerate tissue engineering has announced two winning teams, both of which used 3D bioprinting to create human liver tissue.
A NASA challenge designed to accelerate tissue engineering has announced two winning teams, both of which used 3D bioprinting to create human liver tissue.
Neurodiversity
Flickering Screens Help Kids With Reading Disabilities
Neurodiversity
Flickering Screens Help Kids With Reading Disabilities
Adding visual white noise to computer screens appears to help children with reading disabilities read and recall words written on them.
Adding visual white noise to computer screens appears to help children with reading disabilities read and recall words written on them.
The Brain
Google and Harvard Have Created the Most Detailed Brain Map Yet
The Brain
Google and Harvard Have Created the Most Detailed Brain Map Yet
Google and Harvard have released the most detailed map yet, called a connectome, of a section of the human brain.
Google and Harvard have released the most detailed map yet, called a connectome, of a section of the human brain.
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Future Forward
Reversing Extinction for the Northern White Rhino
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Future Forward
Reversing Extinction for the Northern White Rhino
The Northern white rhino is functionally extinct, meaning the two living females of the species are infertile. This scientist from the San Diego Zoo may have the solution to save the last of this extinct species, by tapping into her frozen zoo.
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The Northern White Rhino is functionally extinct - but scientists at the San Diego Zoo are launching an unprecedented effort to recreate the species and save it from extinction. The earth is undergoing an unprecedented wave of extinctions, with estimates that between 200 and 2,000 species go extinct every day. One on the brink is the Northern White Rhinoceros, which after waves of poaching only has two known members in the...
Digital Detectives
Keeper of the Missing
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Digital Detectives
Keeper of the Missing
One woman is tracking thousands of missing people. Autism is her superpower.
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Subscribe for More Stories From the Digital Detectives Series Email Subscribe Meaghan Good has made it her life’s mission to track missing people. She runs The Charley Project, an important database compiling information on thousands of missing...
Made With Intel
The Future of Cancer Research
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Made With Intel
The Future of Cancer Research
Intel's Bryce Olson used genomic sequencing to help fight his cancer. Now he’s helping researchers use artificial intelligence to discover entirely new cancer treatments.
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Intel employee Bryce Olson was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. When the standard of care didn’t work, Bryce turned to genomic sequencing which allowed his doctors to identify specific genetic drivers of his disease and specific treatments and clinical trials that were a fit for his cancer. This precision medicine approach helped send his cancer into remission for several years. Now that his cancer has returned,...
Surgery
Making Tumors Glow to Improve Cancer Surgery
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Surgery
Making Tumors Glow to Improve Cancer Surgery
This surgeon is improving surgery by lighting up cancer cells.
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This surgeon, Dr. Sunil Singhal, is making tumors glow to help doctors ensure they have removed all of the cancer cells at the surgery site. Completely removing cancer tumors can be difficult, and if a small amount remains, the cancer can recur. Sunil, the director of the Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, came up with the idea of using glowing tumors to advance cancer surgery after an...
Sustainability
Growing Food with Seawater
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Sustainability
Growing Food with Seawater
This designer invented a greenhouse that lets you grow food with seawater.
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Water is in short supply in much of the world — but what if we use seawater? It’s been a dream for years, but now technology is making it possible. This new seawater greenhouse uses a clever cardboard design to distill fresh water from salt water cheaply and efficiently. It’s helping grow crops in Somaliland, and could help stop the water crisis in Africa and other parts of the world that are susceptible to drought. The...
Superhuman
These Gloves Can Teach You to Play the Piano. And Maybe Heal Your Brain.
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Superhuman
These Gloves Can Teach You to Play the Piano. And Maybe Heal Your Brain.
Through "passive haptic learning", these gloves can teach you how to play the piano in an hour. Braille in four hours. Now researchers want to see if victims of traumatic brain injuries can use these gloves to re-learn critical skills.
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Georgia Tech researchers Thad Starner and Caitlyn Seim have developed a pair of gloves for playing piano that can magically get you up to speed in just an hour. They've also taught blind people to read braille in four hours, a process that usually takes up to four months. The gloves work through a process called passive haptic learning, and is another great discovery from Georgia Tech researchers. Basically, they vibrate in...
DIY
The Homemade Internet Service
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DIY
The Homemade Internet Service
We all get tired of our internet service. But what if instead of just restarting your router, you started your own internet service?
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We all get tired of our internet service. Too expensive, too slow, too many lost signals. But what if instead of just restarting your router, you started your own internet service? Sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what one man did.
DIY
Electrifying Classic Cars
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DIY
Electrifying Classic Cars
Starting with the classics, this unique shop is converting existing cars into all-electric road warriors.
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When people think about electric cars, sleek, new models usually come to mind. To be sure, they’re incredible feats of engineering. But what about the millions of cars already on the road? Enter EV West. Starting with the classics, this unique shop is converting existing cars into all-electric road warriors. And potentially reinventing the electric car landscape in the process. We visited to see them in action in our latest...
Superhuman
3D Printing Prosthetics for Kids
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Superhuman
3D Printing Prosthetics for Kids
The incredible movement of shared designs and tech that’s making prosthetics better and cheaper for everyone.
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Powered by 3D printer technology, people are making prosthetics at a fraction of the cost. Watch this episode of “Superhuman” for the story of how e-NABLE, an online network of volunteers, has created 3,000 bionic hands for people in need (mostly kids) across 90 countries.