Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how fat cells grow in size, in response to accommodating larger droplets of fat. The findings unlock a new path in tackling obesity, by reducing the amount of fat our cells can store away.
Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: UT Southwestern, Obesity, Fat cells, Metabolic syndrome, Protein, Type 2 diabetes, Brown adipose tissue
We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers recently found that as surface water levels dropped roughly 100 to 150 meters (328 to 492 ft), fault activity accelerated and increased magma flux. The discovery reshapes long-held assumptions about what drives tectonic change. If lake-level fluctuations can stir the shallow crust, then our climate’s past and future may matter more than we realize.
Category: Science
Tags: Geology, Earthquake, Climate Crisis, Earth
DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape and awaits its radical wing design.
Although we've heard a lot about how 3D-printing concrete homes speeds up the construction process, you still have to wait up to 28 days for the concrete to sufficiently cure. A new printable substitute, however, is ready to go in just three days.
Tags: Oregon State University, Concrete, Construction, 3D Printing, Sustainable
In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, was found to extend into our early 30s.
Category: Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Aging, Age-Related, Brain, Neurological, MRI, University of Cambridge
If you're a loose leaf tea connoisseur who favors the plunger pot method of tea extraction but detests keeping an eye on the steeping time, the REEDesigned automatic teapot may be the solution to your pressing first cup of the day problem. With a patented mechanical timer system, under- or over-steeping is avoidable, resulting in a perfect cup.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Tea, Kitchen, Kickstarter
A new residential skyscraper has set a North American record, becoming the tallest building in Canada – and it's not even finished yet. Named the Pinnacle SkyTower, it will rise to an impressive supertall height of 351.85 m (1,154 ft) in Toronto once complete.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Canada, Residential towers
In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling mechanism that takes place outside the cell, flipping on a 'pain switch.' This significantly updates the way we understand how pain receptors work in the brain, and it could shed light on a path to safer pain medication that can effectively provide relief without the usual side effects.
Category: Body and Mind
Tags: Pain, neurons, Enzyme, Brain, Tulane University
Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk.
Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Novo Nordisk, Alzheimer's disease, Semaglutide, Ozempic, clinical trials, Inflammation, Brain, GLP-1 receptor agonists
Boeing has suffered another setback after NASA renegotiated its agreement with the company. Under the new contract, on its next flight o the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's Starliner capsule will carry only cargo and no crew.
Tags: NASA, Boeing, International Space Station, Starliner
Scientists have made history with a device that successfully eavesdrops on the neuronal chatter between the brain and the gut, furthering our understanding of its intrinsic interconnectedness – and how it drives health and disease throughout the body.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Cambridge, Dartmouth College, Gut-brain axis, neurons, Gut health, Brain, Diagnostic devices, Implant
Earlier this year, Washington-based Mammoth Overland introduced a hard-sided prototype rooftop tent it refused to call a tent. Now that it's officially launched the production version, it's sticking with that anti-tent branding in calling it a rooftop camper. That's because the miniature SKL shelter doesn't have a shred of tent canvas, relying instead on aircraft-grade aluminum to create a fast-pitching cabin that battles winter with an uprated insulation package. Mammoth further cuts ties with the tent industry by slapping on a five-figure price tag.
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: roof-top tent, Tent, RV, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Off-road
When I came across this solar-powered bike, I wondered which bikemaker could be behind it. Someone well-established like Honda or Verge? Or perhaps an innovative yet frugal Chinese brand? Well, it turns out, none of them. This ingenious breakthrough comes from an architecture and design firm. No kidding!
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Powered, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles, Prototype
Imagine having your own fitness coach available at any moment, who won't charge you $100 an hour. This might now become a reality! BodyPark, a Hong Kong-based company that develops AI-powered fitness technology, has unveiled its minimalistic AI-fitness device, Atom, on Kickstarter – and if it reaches the market, we’ll be left with far fewer excuses not to work out.
Category: Fitness & Exercise, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Kickstarter, Fitness, Exercise, Artificial Intelligence, Coach
Few of us actually want to work, but if you're going to have to do it anyway, this novel office at least lets you park your workplace in your backyard – or even take it on the road and find somewhere with a nice view.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, Building and Construction, Office
A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive mining and processing practices to get them out of the ground. A team of scientists in China might have just found another source for them that's easier to reach: ferns.
Tags: Plants, Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences
As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that a radio signal from Earth takes 24 hours, or one light day, to reach it.
Tags: NASA, Voyager, Spacecraft, Solar System
Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone strength in diseases such as osteoporosis.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Osaka Metropolitan University, Osteoporosis, Spinal, Fractures, Age-Related, Aging, Stem Cells, Bones
When the Next-Gen Iron humanoid was unveiled to the public earlier this month, strutting fluidly down the runway before a gobsmacked audience, it made headlines – but not for the reasons its creators at Xpeng had hoped. The robot moved so uncannily like a human that people were convinced there was someone inside controling it.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: Xpeng, Humanoid, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Robotic construction, Solid-state
What if you could draw energy from the night sky without effort? That's the question that researchers at the University of California, Davis are trying to answer with a new engine that generates power simply by sitting under the clear starry heavens.
Category: Energy, Technology
