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Nov 14, 2019
MIT Engineers Transparent Film To Replace Air Conditioners
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: sustainability
Nov 14, 2019
The beetle that pulls water from thin air
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: sustainability
Nov 14, 2019
Realistic arm prosthetic
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
Nov 14, 2019
‘World’s cheapest electric car’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
Chinese carmaker unveils the ‘world’s cheapest electric car,’ starting at less than $9,000.
Nov 14, 2019
HyperStealth Biotechnology Creates Real ‘Invisibility Cloak’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Nov 14, 2019
The ‘post-antibiotic era’ is here: Drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ sicken 2.8M and kill 35K each year, CDC says
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A new CDC report sets a baseline of infections and deaths from antibiotic-resistant germs and outlines strategies to slow drug-resistant infections.
Nov 14, 2019
Sleep duration predicts death risk in diabetes and hypertension
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
An analysis of data from 1,654 people suggests that sleep duration may help predict early death risk in people with type 2 diabetes or hypertension.
Nov 14, 2019
Curiosity rover reveals “mind-boggling” oxygen swings on Mars
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
The study of Mars is a constant exercise in problem-solving, and NASA scientists have just been served up a doozy. Data from the Curiosity rover positioned within the planet’s Gale Crater has revealed wild seasonal swings in oxygen levels, something mission scientists neither expected or are able to explain.
This perplexing piece of intel comes courtesy of Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) tool, an onboard laboratory that has been sucking in the air over the Gale Crater for analysis over the course of three Martian years (almost six Earth years). This has enabled the team to piece together the composition of the planet’s thin atmosphere, with CO2, nitrogen, argon, carbon monoxide and oxygen all part of the mix.
The concentrations of these gases increase and decrease as the weather changes on Mars, as the icy winters lower air pressure across the planet and the summer then raises them again. This leads to regular patterns of concentrations of gases like nitrogen and argon, and in examining the latest data, the scientists expected to see similar trends at play for oxygen.
