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If you're trying to avoid sugar in your diet, you'll want to be careful about how you choose and use your artificial sweeteners. A study led by physiologists from the University of Colorado Boulder shows that a popular sugar substitute called erythritol could increase your risk of suffering a stroke.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Sugar, Stroke, Cardiovascular, University of Colorado, Diet, Health, Food
Boutique audio brand Astell&Kern is known for pushing the music hardware envelope in terms of tech and price, but its titanium-housed Luna earphones bump things up a notch with a price tag so high it will send your bank balance into orbit.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Earphones, Titanium, Luxury, Audiophile
ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent star, but it wasn't easy to achieve. Very far from it.
Tags: Solar Orbiter, ESA, Sun, World's First
One of the major ticks in the plus column of ePaper is that it only requires power when the content is refreshed. The battery in Samsung's latest display could last for more than 28 weeks if new content is loaded in once per day.
Category: Technology
Tags: Samsung, E-Ink, Colors, Digital signage, Display
The oceans are losing their light – and with it, possibly their life. A new study reveals more than 20% of the Earth's oceans, an area larger than Asia, has darkened over the last two decades. These findings raise concerns about how this spreading shadow could reshape marine ecosystems that depend on sunlight and moonlight for survival.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Ocean, Marine Biology, Light, Climate Crisis
Two bioactive ingredients in cannabis have been found to have antifungal properties when applied topically, according to a groundbreaking new study. The discovery comes as the World Health Organization urgently calls for new treatments for potentially deadly fungal infections.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Fungal infections, Antifungal treatments, Cannabis, Cannabinoids, Macquarie University
Ancient Egyptians were not only masters of architecture – they also were the original wizards of synthetic chemistry. Around 5,000 years ago, they crafted the world’s first synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue, which exhibits a range of hues from deep blue to gray or green.
Category: Science
Tags: Color, History, Chemistry, Washington State University
In another advancement in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCI), a new implant-based system has enabled a paralyzed person to not only talk, but also 'sing' simple melodies through a computer – with practically no delay.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Brain, Brain-computer interface, Paralysis, Speech, UC Davis, Artificial Intelligence
DJI's latest enterprise-grade drone, the Matrice 400, is seriously specced for all kinds of heavy-duty tasks. Aimed at construction crews, infrastructure planning agencies, and emergency response teams, the flagship model can fly for a whopping 59 minutes, and boasts a payload capacity of 13 lb (6 kg).
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: DJI Innovations, Camera drone
The defining characteristic of a two-stroke engine is to fire (combust) every time the piston is at top dead center. This makes them highly power dense, but also notoriously makes two-stroke engines dirty, inefficient, and not prone to long lifespans.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Engineering, Two-stroke, Engine Technologies
When it comes to dental checkups, no one likes having their gums poked with the periodontal probe. Well, they may soon no longer have to, thanks to a gum-assessing toothbrush-shaped mini ultrasound transducer.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: UC San Diego, American Chemical Society, Teeth, Dental, Ultrasound, Medical Imaging
Spending a few minutes a day for a week doing simple things that bring joy increases well-being, decreases stress, and improves sleep, according to a new study. It shows you don’t need to invest in time-consuming well-being interventions for them to be effective.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Happiness, Well-being, Sleep, Stress, University of California San Francisco
Mercedes-Benz has just released a striking new model: a limited-run version of the iconic G-Class off-roader. This special edition pays homage to the very first G-Class model series, the W460, particularly recalling the 280 GE which served as the foundation for the legendary "Geländewagen."
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Off-road, Mercedes Benz G-Class, Mercedes, SUV
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated an entirely new form of magnetism in a synthesized crystalline material. They're calling it p-wave magnetism.
Tags: Magnetism, Spintronics, Electronic, MIT
Soft corals produce diterpenoids, chemicals that could be used to treat human disease. Now, scientists have identified the genes that make these important chemicals, opening the door to creating a limitless supply that can be used to produce and test new drugs.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Coral, Biotherapeutics, Diterpenoids, Cancer, UC San Diego
Volkswagen has added an eight-seat option to the new Multivan lineup, turning its passenger van into an even more capable people-mover. While the eight-seat option won't be on offer in the new California camper van range, there will indeed be an eight-seat camper option. So owners will be able to shuttle around an entire starting basketball team, plus the coach and sixth man, during the week, then enjoy a properly comfy hard-wall van camping experience on weekends.
Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Campervan, Volkswagen, Minivan, Multi-functional, Van, RV, Modular
As unspent antibiotics pass from our bodies into the environment, they contribute to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Scientists are addressing this problem with a new technology which causes such drugs to only become active upon exposure to green light.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: University of Groningen, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Light, Infections, American Chemical Society, Antibiotic
An initiative designed to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of maritime transport in the Gulf of Finland is set to have the world's largest electric passenger-car ferry among its fleet. Operator Viking Line has unveiled the first details of its upcoming Helios vessel.
Backcountry Containers has designed lots of different types of shipping container homes, from large residential units to smaller rural retreats. For its Luke tiny house, the firm connects a large and a small shipping container together, offering a surprisingly spacious interior layout that sleeps up to two people in comfort.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, Home, House, shipping containers
There are plenty of ways to suck water out of the air, whether you need a little or a lot. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers may have just hit upon one of the best ways to do it, with a device that doesn't need power, or even a filter, to deliver drinking water.
Category: Technology
Tags: Water, Atmosphere, Environment, MIT