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Doctor-Created, 3D-Printed Euthanasia Machine
Philip Nitschke, better known as Australia's “Dr. Death,” has created a machine meant to help suicidal persons achieve a painless death.
Watch: Tool Tackles Slippery Slope of Winter Roads
Software and hardware are combined to optimize seasonal road salting, enabling cities to allocate resources effectively and increase safety on critical roads.
Magnesium Car Parts: Cost Factors (Part 2)
Magnesium’s higher price compared to steel or aluminum is limiting wider adoption in the cost-sensitive mainstream automotive market. While magnesium and aluminum are abundant elements in the earth’s crust, magnesium is currently more expensive to reduce or produce compared to aluminum. New developments on the horizon may change that.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.
Watch: New Uses for Uranium
New industrial uses for uranium that don’t involve nuclear power or weapons may be on the horizon.
Sea Urchin Spines Inspire Fracture-Resistant Cement
A highly fracture-resistant cement was developed based on the nanostructure of sea urchin spines.
Catalytic Structures Could Clean Up Diesel Engine Technology
New nanostructured earth abundant metal catalysts rival platinum for reactions of practical importance and at temperatures relevant to exhaust emissions.
Sourcing Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Coal
Coal samples were found to have rare earth element concentrations greater than 300 ppm.
Beer in Space: Budweiser Aims to be the First Beer on Mars
Budweiser is committed to making their beer the first beer on Mars. The brewery has confirmed upcoming experiments on the International Space Station with plants to send and study barley—the key ingredient in their beer—into space in early December.
When Kings Preferred Aluminum To Gold
In the mid-1800s aluminum was a precious metal on par with silver and gold. Proof of this can be found in the apex of the Washington monument, the formal "silver-ware" of the Second French Empire and assorted high-end 19th-century jewelry. This in spite of the fact that aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Why?
Eye Implant Delivers Glaucoma Medication
A tiny implant that delivers medication directly to the inside of the eye, simplifying the administration of glaucoma drugs.
Synthetic Protocol forms 3D Porous Organic Network in Seconds
A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has recently announced the principle of producing porous organic materials in the blink of an eye.
New Method Can Map Chemicals in the Human Skin
Chemical imaging allows all layers of the skin to be seen and the presence of virtually any substance in any part of the skin to be measured with a very high degree of precision.
Airbag Prevents Tanker Truck from Tipping
Hoping to make the transport of bulk liquids much safer, Dr. Erik Eenkhoorn of the University of Twente has developed the "Cairbag."
Researchers Develop a Way to Turn Emissions into Fuel
MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into useful fuels for cars, trucks and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products.
Slugs Inspire Alternative to Staples, Sutures
Inspired by nature, Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers are looking at the Dusky Arion Slug's defensive and elastic slime as an alternative to the sutures and staples used in surgery.
Watch: The Superelastic Tire as Reinvented by NASA
The tire inspired by the Apollo lunar tires is composed of a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and can withstand excessive deformation without permanent damage.
Drug-delivering Nanoparticles Can Seek Out Cancer Stem Cells
University of Illinois researchers are sending tiny drug-laden nanoparticles on a mission to seek and destroy cancer stem cells.
Germany Hosts World's Largest Dynamic Hydrogen Electrolysis Plant
The world’s largest dynamic hydrogen electrolysis plant based on proton exchange membrane technology is being inaugurated in Hamburg-Neuhof, Germany.
Magnesium Car Parts: A Far Reach for Manufacturers? Part 1
Magnesium structural, body and engine parts have been around since the 1930s. Magnesium is 75 percent lighter than steel and 33 percent lighter than aluminum. Current vehicles utilize only less than 1 percent magnesium on average. Why don’t automotive design engineers select magnesium more often?