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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
Kristin Kloberdanz
October 29, 2017
Scientists have genetically engineered skinny pigs that are more tolerant to cold, ocean mussels could lead to self-healing plastic, and transparent solar panels are soaking up the sun. It's been a bright week for science.
 

 

Clearing The Way For More Solar Power

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The 5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
October 20, 2017
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Kristin Kloberdanz
October 13, 2017
But early runs with ProtoCast’s laser-powered printers failed. The blades were cracking when Abrate and the team tried to separate them from the platform on which they were printed. The submarine, however, had a secret weapon: a powerful Arcam printer that print parts from TiAl powder. Abrate reached out to Arcam to tweak the machine’s design, make the powder layer thicker and speed up the printing process.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
October 05, 2017
In 2016, GE  took a majority stake in Arcam and launched GE Additive, a new business focusing on additive manufacturing technologies like 3D printing. Additive manufacturing is still a young industry, albeit one going through a growth spurt. Mohammad Ehteshami, who launched GE Additive, expects the industry to grow from $7 billion tod
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
September 29, 2017
Doctors in France designed a device that partially awakened a man who’d been in a vegetative state for 15 years, Spanish agriculturists genetically engineered a low-gluten wheat, and researchers in New York figured out how to use the human heart to secure computers. Does all this progress make your pulse quicken, too?
 

You Can’t Steal This Heart
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 22, 2017
Researchers at DARPA flew a helicopter with a tablet, a team led by MIT used sound waves to analyze blood for cancer, and scientists in Texas developed artificial skin for robots that could give them a sense of touch. We can't stop the feeling that science is making progress.
 

Liquid Biopsy

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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 15, 2017
Researchers in Philadelphia figured out why eating fewer calories can lead to longer lives, scientists in Shanghai built a tiny power plant that uses blood flow to generate electricity inside the body, and a team in Seattle set a record by transmitting information across 1.7 miles with “almost zero power.” We roger that, science.
 

Staying Alive
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 08, 2017
This week we learned about a pen-like device that can detect cancer in seconds, a smartphone app that can spot concussion in a flash, and a machine learning system that can guess the shape of your face from DNA data. We detect a theme here.
 

Decoding Cancer In Seconds

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Bruce Watson
September 01, 2017
A team in California is using carbon microfibers to protect brains, while researchers at Northeastern University are using carbon nanotubes to filter water. And in China, researchers have found a way to turn dead leaves into carbon microspheres, which can be used to store electricity. All in all, it’s been a great week for the sixth element on the periodic table!
Tiny Carbon Filters To Quench Man's Thirst For Desalinated Water
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Bruce Watson
August 25, 2017
Researchers at Clemson University are studying ways to make plastic from urine, while another team in China is developing a battery that could one day run on blood. And in Italy, a group has developed a new process that enables spiders to produce silk fibers that are stronger than Kevlar. All in all, it’s been an amazing week for biological ingenuity.
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