The more promising approach is to scrap the battery pack and use the vehicle’s body for energy storage instead. Unlike a conventional battery pack embedded in the chassis, these structural batteries are invisible. The electrical storage happens in the thin…
Researchers find that there are smells that make us feel thinner and lighter, and other smells that do the opposite.The sounds of our footsteps can have a similar effect.The researchers suggest that sensory stimuli play a part in our self-image…
A research team from Johns Hopkins University designs microdevices that can deliver medicineThe tiny robots are based on parasite hookworms.The machines can latch on to the intestines and gradually release pain-relieving drugs. Read more in bigthink Tiny parasite-like…
BCG has surveyed global innovation executives since 2005 to reveal the 50 companies they most admire. Explore the changing rankings and then read this year’s Most Innovative Companies report. Read more in BCG The Most Innovative Companies Ranking over Time By…
A new study from researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which looked at pollution data from more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. and COVID-19 death counts through April 4, found that even relatively small differences…
The whole idea is that we can use photons from the sun and transform it into hydrogen. To put it simply, we are saving the energy from sunlight and storing it into chemical bonds so it can be used at…
For centuries, builders have been making concrete roughly the same way: by mixing hard materials like sand with various binders, and hoping it stays fixed and rigid for a long time to come.Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the…
Researchers found 44 per cent of the population have purchased toys they enjoyed as kids because they bring back happy childhood memories.Colouring books, cuddly toys and board games top the list, with jigsaws and Lego completing the top five most…
In 1999, the US Food and Drug Administration approved rapamycin as an immunosuppressant to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs. Scientists later found it affected all sorts of biological processes; Experiments also showed that rapamycin extended the life span of…
Beginning in the 1980s, studies confirmed, perhaps unsurprisingly, that animals are capable of what’s called procedural memory—a type of long-term memory that aids in performing motor skills such as running or climbing. Read more in fast company What we’re learning…
