Psychology & Philosophy of Positive Living
Life’s Simple Battles It’s a hot topic; “I’m living in such horrible times, how do I become a more positive person?”. Therein lies the problem, you’ve already doomed yourself to being a negative...
View ArticleStanford’s cheap, bendable, aluminum battery charges in one minute
An international team of scientists lead by Honjie Dai at Stanford University have stumbled upon a significant find; a battery made from aluminum, that charges in one minute. Not only can the battery...
View ArticleScientists Create A New Way To Treat Deadly Antibiotic-resistant Infections
Some bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics. This is one of the big problems of our day and age. Meanwhile, the development of new antibiotics is decreasing. So, as drug-resistant infections are...
View ArticleA Boy Who Had Spinal Surgery In The Womb For Spina Bifida Stands And Walks At...
Charley Royer, survivor and 17 months old baby boy of Lexi and Joshuwa Royer, had an operation to close his spine when he was still in his mother’s belly. Charley is now learning to walk and dance,...
View ArticleThis Non-Toxic Gel Is A Long-lasting Wildfire Retardant
Stanford materials scientist Eric Appel usually develops gels that can be used to ferry drugs into the human body. A shot-full of his gel loaded with antibodies would persist in a patient for about a...
View ArticleMARTY: The Autonomous DMC DeLorean That Drifts Better Than Humans
Engineers from Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab have converted a 1981 DMC DeLorean into an electric autonomous drifting beast, called “MARTY.” The team developed MARTY intending to improve how autonomous...
View ArticleCRISPR Gene-Editing First US Human Safety Trial
Three years ago, US regulators greenlit the country’s first-in-human trial of CRISPR’s disease-fighting potential. The gene-editing technique was being tested for safety of use in beating back...
View ArticleStanford Study Shows 1 in 5 COVID-19 Patients Have Other Respiratory Viruses
The Stanford School of Medicine is studying cases of people infected with COVID-19 to determine if the patients are co-infected with other respiratory viruses. The study is being led by Ian Brown, MD,...
View ArticleRadiation-Absorbing Fungus From Chernobyl Could Protect Astronauts
Exposure to cosmic rays is a major health threat to astronauts leaving Earth’s atmosphere or heading on missions to Mars. A significant challenge is figuring out how to protect crewmembers from these...
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