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The sea cucumber has been found to naturally produce a sugary compound that inhibits an enzyme instrumental in facilitating cancer growth, according to a new study. The next step is to find a method for producing the marine-derived anticancer compound in large quantities.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Cancer, Bioactive compounds, Marine Biology, University of Mississippi
Scientists at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a new class of lightweight, highly conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) wiring that does away with copper and aluminum entirely. Using a process called Lyotropic Liquid Crystal-Assisted Surface Texturing (LAST), they've created core-sheath composite electric cables (CSCEC) that don't just conduct electricity, but are flexible and, most importantly, are super lightweight.
Category: Technology
Tags: Carbon, Electric Motors, Nanomaterials
Japanese outdoor gear staple Snow Peak has long dazzled the Western world with gear that's entirely different from that which we're accustomed, but loaded with function and style. In fact, it's one of the first names that comes to mind when thinking of "glamping." We've previously seen how the company can turn the simple concept of a tent into a multi-room six-person base camp complex for those willing to pitchfork over $3,000, and now it's launching a more affordable, consumer-friendly take on that concept for a smaller group.
Whether you call it foiling, foilboarding or hydrofoiling, it's a watersport that can be difficult to master without expert guidance. The SmartFoil is designed to provide that guidance, courtesy of a compact and streamlined board-mounted device.
Around this time last year, Yaber launched two portable 1080p projectors designed to provide entertainment on outdoor adventures. The T2 and T2 Plus both required a dongle to access Google TV, but the company has now rectified that with the T2 Plus GTV edition.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Portable, Projectors, HD, Outdoors and Camping, LED, Battery, Google TV
Following projects like the Pego and Atlantica, Madeiguincho showcases its woodworking expertise once again with the Barca. Designed as a family vacation home, the timber tiny house features a compact but practical interior and runs off-the-grid with solar panels.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, Housing, Home
The Royal Navy is testing how to use robots to seek out and detonate mines and other threats found near vital yet vulnerable undersea cables and pipelines at greater depths than a human diver can safely reach.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Royal Navy, Robots, Underwater drones, mine detection
Celiac disease frustratingly restrictive, the only real medical intervention for sufferers being to avoid gluten altogether. What's more, diagnosis is arduous and involves consuming gluten to stimulate the painful autoimmune condition. But it may soon be much simpler and pain-free, thanks to a new blood test that can detect the biomarkers of celiac disease even when someone is on a gluten-free diet.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, celiac, Autoimmune, Pain, Chronic pain, Inflammatory, Inflammation, Diet, Diagnostic devices, Blood
Best known for its large, luxurious motorhomes, Tiffin has slowly followed its corporate sibling Airstream in branching out into a more adventurous realm. And it hasn't done so by building a boundless stretched Class A glamper bus, the likes of the Loki Coach, but by diving into the smaller end of the motorhome market. Adding to last year's GH1, this year it grows its "Adventure" lineup with both a larger camper van and the all-new Open Trail Class B+ all-terrain camper bus, a compelling super-sized hard-wall camper van with off-road chops and two sleeping areas.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Campervan, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Camping, RV, Off-road, Off-grid, Outdoors and Camping, Mercedes-Benz
Researchers have found a genetic link between the nighttime production of the sleep hormone melatonin and ADHD symptom severity in children. The study enhances our understanding of the complexities associated with this prevalent neurodevelopmental condition.
Category: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: ADHD, Sleep, Melatonin, Nagoya University, University of Osaka
This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its popular analog cardboard format for just over 200 years – a period in which society and scientific knowhow have moved at warp speed. The earliest card in our top 100 is that of James Watt (of steam engine fame), and at the other end of our list are a dozen people still handing out their cards to this day.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
What is an actual survival tool supposed to do? Sure, having a Swiss Army knife is all fun and games until you find yourself wanting to see in the dark, start a fire, drink water straight from a stream, or heck, even charge your phone!
Tags: Survival, Multitools, Camping, Reviews, Indiegogo
What if your drinking water didn't come from old, rusty apartment building pipes or from a plastic bottle that's going to end up in a landfill ... or in the ocean? What if your drinking water (and coffee?) literally just came out of thin air?
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Water, Water Conservation, Kitchen, Appliances, Coffee, Kickstarter
More than 20 years after the last commercial Concorde flight, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land across the country.
Tags: Flying, Flight, Hypersonic, Supersonic, Hermeus, Boom, NASA
Microsoft and Asus just showed off the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two upcoming handhelds designed to bring your entire PC game library everywhere you go. These beauties feature new hardware and a customized flavor of Windows designed to get you playing instantly.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Using more sludge and less slag in their recipe, researchers were able to create a material that's stronger than even today's enhanced cements and highly resistant to corrosion by acid. It could solve a serious problem facing sewer pipes worldwide.
Tags: Concrete, Concrete Pipe, University of South Australia, Sewage, Cement, Climate Solutions: Cement
A common fatty acid in olive oil, as well as many other plant oils, has been found to stimulate the body's production of new fat cells, creating conditions that could – over time – lead to more fat storage and unintended weight gain. Until now, weight gain linked to this fatty acid was attributed to the high calorie content of foods that it's found in.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: University of Oklahoma, Obesity, Fat cells, fat-absorption, Weight Loss, Oil, Diet
Switching from a diet including meat to a low-fat vegan diet reduced severe hot flashes in menopausal women by a staggering 92%, according to a new study. Interestingly, the benefit was seen even if the women ate highly processed plant-based foods.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Women's health, Menopause, Plant-based diet, Veganism
There are times when a cargo ebike becomes an attractive alternative to the family car when heading into town to pick up a few groceries. If you can't afford to splurge a couple of grand for infrequent use, shared mobility outfit Veo has launched the first dockless model in North America.
Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, cargo bike, Ride-sharing
There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they'd lit it intentionally – but there's no disputing a ~100-foot (~30-m) deep, 226-foot (69-m) wide pit of relentless fiery fury that's been burning for around 50 years in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Fire, Gas, Climate Crisis, Bacteria