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In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding could change the way we treat chronic pain.
Category: Body & Mind
Tags: T-cells, The Immune System, Hormone, estrogen, Opioids, Chronic pain, Painkillers, University of California San Francisco
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but engineers have used this curious mix to create a new biomimicry-inspired tile, featuring bumps and crevices like elephant skin, designed to keep walls cool and withstand the elements.
Tags: Nanyang Technological University, Cooling, Construction, Biomimicry, Mushrooms, Bamboo, Tiles
You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, thousands turned out to get close to the flower of the world's stinkiest plant in January in Australia. It proved such a drawcard that Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens kept the gates open until late at night to accommodate the eager fans.
Tags: Northwestern University, Garden, Species, diversity, Evolution, Genetics, Plants, Endangered
Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.
Tags: Amazon, Internet, Starlink, United Launch Alliance
At the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, Epic Aircraft has unveiled its high-performance personal and business aircraft, the E1000 AX, which can land itself at the touch of a button in an emergency. In fact, you don't even need the button.
Tags: Aircraft, Turbine, Autonomous flight
A first-of-its-kind study has found that almost half, 45.6%, of Australian teenagers are living with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes or asthma, or a developmental condition like ADHD. The study has linked these diseases and conditions to factors such as an unhealthy diet and poor mental health.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Adolescents, Chronic illness, Developmental conditions, University of Sydney
One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype. Cyclotech's Blackbird airframe becomes the world's first aircraft to fly with six barrel-shaped "Cyclorotors" for propulsion.
Tags: eVTOL, Electric Aircraft, Cyclorotors, Personal eVTOLs
A landmark clinical trial testing the effect of microdosing LSD on symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) recently delivered its first data readout and the results have been surprising, to say the least, raising questions over the efficacy of this popular trend.
Category: Psychedelics, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: ADHD, Psychedelic Medicine
Hyundai isn't exactly the first name you'd think of when it comes to racecars. But it's exactly that perception that the South Korean manufacturer has sought to change with its Insteroid concept.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Racing, Gaming
Consumer drones are all just slight variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller "bicopter" which is claimed to be nimbler, quieter, and more energy-efficient than its four-prop counterparts.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Indiegogo, Camera drone
One of the things you might not learn about electric vehicles (EV) until you live with one is that they charge slower in cold temperatures, which means you might have to spend longer at a charging station on long winter drives.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Battery Technology, Battery+Electric+Vehicle, Battery Charger, Electric Vehicles, University of Michigan
The future might be electric, but the present is electrified. That’s Toyota’s stance, and the Crown is one of several models the automaker offers that follow what has been proven a prescient aim.
Category: Automotive, Transport
It wasn't that long ago that the only way to test for Alzheimer's disease was to perform an autopsy on someone who had been suffering from dementia to look for the telltale tangles of tau and amyloid proteins in the brain. While these tangles are not necessarily the cause of Alzheimer's disease, they are certainly its major hallmark; their sticky, clumping action in the brain is at least partly responsible for the cognitive decline that all Alzhimer's patients experience.
Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Washington University in St. Louis, Lund University, Neuroscience, Brain
Sony tweaked its Bravia TV processing engine last year, and built two prosumer home cinema projectors around it. Now another model has joined the Bravia Projector family, which is designed to "deliver a professional-grade cinematic HDR experience in the home."
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Sony, Bravia, 4K UHD, Projectors, home theater, Cinema, Laser
Hyundai has just shown off its second-generation Nexo SUV in South Korea, which gets all-new styling, increased range, and towing capability – a first in the fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) category.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Hyundai, Hydrogen-powered, Hydrogen, FCEV, Fuel Cell, SUV
In a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully completed a simulated engagement with a live hypersonic missile in the waters off the Hawaiian Islands.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: US Navy, Lockheed Martin, Missile Defense, Hypersonic
In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the strange case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual shifter in its electric vehicles. The company has secured a patent that aims to bring back a traditional element of driving – the feel of shifting gears.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Ford, Transmission, Electric Vehicles
Folding bicycle helmets are nothing new, nor are electronically-augmented "smart" helmets. The Woolf, however, is claimed to be the first product to combine the best aspects of both helmet types in one wearable device.
Tags: Helmets, Folding, Cycling, Road Safety, bike lights, Kickstarter
Nintendo has finally whipped the covers off its next console, the Switch 2. While it’s more iteration than revolution, that’s totally fine when you’re working from such a strong starting point. The Switch 2 has the same home/portable hybrid gimmick with a few much needed upgrades, a fresh slate of games, and a close launch date of June 5.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Gaming, Games, Video Games, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch
Moving toward the goal of having an operational molten salt nuclear reactor in the next decade, Southern Company and the Idaho National Laboratory have completed the inaugural run of a first-of-its-kind test bed to foster rapid development of the technology.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Nuclear, Fuel, Reactors, Molten Salt Reactor, Idaho National Laboratory, Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Fision
