The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – and NHS England’s national … Read more
A new material mimics the way camels control their body temperature in the desert and could keep products cool in hot climates without the need for electricity. Scientists at MIT in the US created the transparent, doubled-layered cooling material, which cools five times longer than conventional single-layer versions. The material’s bottom 0.03-inch (5mm) hydrogel layer acts … Read more
29 German police officers are suspended for sharing photos of Adolf Hitler and violent neo-Nazi propaganda showing refugees in gas chambers North Rhine-Westphalia interior minister Herbert Reul said 200 officers were deployed to swoop on colleagues who sent ‘repulsive’ far-right propaganda The police officers are believed to have shared over 100 neo-Nazi images The images … Read more
Audible is mostly known as the audiobook arm of Amazon but lately, they’ve been expanding to creating original content including podcasts, documentaries, comedy, and even audio theater. Now they’re offering a new membership service called Audible Plus where you can listen to all of their offered content for just $7.95 per month. It’s still in … Read more
The US Army is pulling inspiration from the popular film ‘Terminator 2’ in designing material capable of shape-shifting and autonomously healing. Made of polymer, the 3D printable component has a dynamic bond that allows it to go from liquid to solid multiple times. The new material is also equipped with a unique shape memory behavior, … Read more
The ‘brightest material on Earth’ has been created after researchers found a way to stop fluorescent molecules fading when they are transferred to a solid state. University of Copenhagen and Indiana University scientists created the new bright substance – that has a brilliant glow – from positively charged fluorescent dyes. Dyes tend to undergo ‘quenching’ … Read more
A new material inspired by grapefruits and shells has been developed by British engineers and it blunts any angle grinder or drill that it comes in contact with. It has been named Proteus after the shape-changing Greek god of the sea and is lightweight, strong and also capable of dispersing any waterjet. The material was … Read more
A new material inspired by grapefruits and shells has been developed by British engineers and it blunt any angle grinder or drill that it comes in contact with. It has been named Proteus after the shape-changing Greek god of the sea and is both lightweight, strong and also capable of dispersing any waterjet. The material … Read more
Chinese researchers develop new construction material that can be made from lunar dust which is 22 TIMES stronger than concrete – and could be used to build a moon base without having to transport materials from Earth Researchers in China developed a durable new construction material from dust They used samples from an active volcano … Read more
Apple patents ‘bendable’ laptop design that could see future MacBooks made out of a single piece of material A new patent hints at a potential future MacBook design with a bendable hinge Instead of a mechanical hinge the new design would bend like a stack of papers The bendable design is structured in thin layers to … Read more