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Can the Problems of the Future be Solved with Technology from the Past?

6 Oct 2023

Electric cars are often portrayed as an invention created to solve the issue of pollution generated from the exhaust emission of gasoline cars, but the electric car has been around the block before...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry - No Small Matter

6 Oct 2023

The word “quantum†derives from the Latin word for “amount,†so that if something is “quantifiable,†it means that it can be measured. Although I think I have a reasonably good grasp of chemistry,...

Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Our Proteins

18 Aug 2023

At first glance, these two things look nothing alike. On the one hand, we see the mesmerizing contortions that proteins display to grant life forms their functionalities. On the other hand, we have...

Nanogold: From Ruby-red Glass to Possible Cancer Treatment

4 Aug 2023

Though aesthetically pleasing, gold is scientifically quite boring. It is chemically inert, meaning it doesn’t easily react with other chemicals and remains shiny for long periods which is why it...

Brain Zapping May Probably Appear to Be Doing Something

21 Jul 2023

Shocking the brain with electricity may bring to mind electroconvulsive therapy or James Whale’s seminal black-and-white adaptation of Frankenstein. But given that our brain cells use electricity...

Mips Helmet Technology Mimics the Meninges

21 Jul 2023

I'm a year-round helmet wearer, from white-water kayaking and cycling to skiing and snowboarding. When looking for recommendations to replace my bike helmet, I found Multi-directional Impact...

A Cheater Shoe? Or Just some Really Good Technology?

7 Jul 2023

That’s the very question I have been asking myself since purchasing my “Endorphin Speed 3s,†Saucony’s latest and greatest nylon-plated running shoe. I had been toying with the idea of purchasing a...

Wrap Your Hair Around Biotechnology

6 Jul 2023

What comes to mind when you think of biotechnology? Maybe it’s Dolly the cloned sheep, or GMOs, or stem cell therapy, or DNA profiling, or mRNA vaccines. Rightly so. These are indeed examples of...

Looping in to Chat GPT

24 May 2023

Like so many, I have been experimenting with Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence technology that can answer questions or produce articles on a given topic in humanlike conversational language. In...

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