Scientists successfully grew human stem cells inside a pig for the first time, built an AI that rivals dermatologists in spotting skin cancer and created a metal out of hydrogen — a material so unique it could act as a superconductor at room temperature. Science is so hot!
You Might Not Have Heard of Them, But These New Materials Will Change The World
August 22, 2016
Among the World Economic Forum's top 10 emerging technologies of 2016 are 2-D materials that can be used in everything from flexible sensors to airplane wings. The most well-known single-atom layer material -- graphene -- has opened doors for scientists.
Keeping Guinness On Speed Dial: Here’s How GE Turbines Can Push Record Efficiency Ever Higher
Todd Alhart
August 12, 2016
Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics’ legendary coach, said that all records were made to be broken. GE, which is moving its headquarters to Beantown, should feel right at home.
The Science Of Hot: This Sauce Is So Fiery It Comes Wrapped In Jet Engine Supermaterial
Tomas Kellner
April 28, 2016
Earlier this year, GE and Thrillist tapped the hot sauce maker High River Sauces to brew them a hellishly hot sauce spiced up with flakes of the Carolina Reaper and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the planet’s two hottest peppers.
The Next Big (or Really, Really Tiny) Thing in 3D Printing
GE Look Ahead
December 23, 2014
How to print blood vessels. And apartment buildings
A wedding ring holding a piece of moon rock. Hydroponic garden structures tailored to any shape desired. Jet engine fuel nozzles. An Aston Martin template: These are but a few examples on the growing roster of 3D-printed structures that steadily made tech headlines over the past 18 months.