Materials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Paralysis used to be for life, but it isn’t any longer, and this and other breakthroughs are just the start…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI is getting to the point where it’s consuming more energy than small countries, and so researchers are trying to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not everything man made is better than what nature can create, although increasingly using synthetic biology we’re re-creating nature. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The automation of lab work using robots has its benefits, and in this case researchers have found the hardest material…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BREIF Room temperature superconductors would change almost every industry and they are the literal holy grail of materials. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers calculate and solve problems billions of times faster than today’s fastest supercomputers, but what about storing this data?…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the Earth heats up the need to recover more CO2 from the atmosphere increases, and we need better technology…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers will one day help us invent and design new things, from materials and drugs, to entire systems, in…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to assemble products at the nano or microscopic scale has huge implications for the future of manufacturing. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are alot of instances where metals are heavy and a poor choice so this new ceramic could be a…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN SPACE An inflatable heat shield is lighter and easier to transport than a conventional one, but it also opens the door…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN SPACE An inflatable heat shield is lighter and easier to transport than a conventional one, but it also opens the door…
