Tag: Science News

Paralyzed Man Walks Again With Innovative Spinal Implant That Mimics the Brain

A man paralyzed for over two years has now gained the ability to walk again owing to a breakthrough Swiss treatment that reactivated his muscles by inserting a spinal cord implant and attaching electrodes to individual nerve fibers. Michael Roccati was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2017, which left his lower half completely paralyzed….


Revival of Hologram Technology for Medicine and Security

A laboratory in Hungary is taking the decades-old technology of holography and repurposing it to the fields of medicine and security. Holograms are far from being a trendy technology today—they were invited by a Hungarian-British physicist in the 1940s. But a Hungarian laboratory is attempting to revive their use by finding new applications for them….


Ancient Mountains May Have Enabled Life to Flourish on Earth

A new study has found that the erosion of great mountain ranges may have provided critical oxygen and nutrients that spurred the development of the earth’s first organisms. “There’s nothing like these two ranges today,” lead author and geochemist Ziyi Zhu said in a release on Feb. 3. Zhu and colleagues made the discovery by…


Ocean Geoengineering ‘Not Rocket Science’: Russ George

In a Feb. 3 webinar with the conservative environmental group ConservAmerica, entrepreneur Russ George pitched the idea of using iron fertilization to spur plankton growth far from shore. George said the procedure removed carbon from the atmosphere while restoring fish populations—an approach he made famous in 2012 through the experimental release of iron sulfate into…


International Space Station Could Be Taken out of Orbit in 2031, Crashed Into Pacific Ocean: NASA

NASA will keep operating the International Space Station (ISS) until the end of 2030, after which it could be taken out of orbit in January 2031 and crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, officials have said. According to newly published plans (pdf) detailing the next decade of goals for ISS operations,…


Ancient Helmets, Temple Ruins Found at Dig in Southern Italy

ROME—Archaeologists in southern Italy have discovered ancient warrior helmets and the ruins of a painted brick wall at a site that might have been a forerunner of a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, officials said Tuesday. Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the remains dug up at the popular tourist site of Velia were…


Elon Musk Notes How SpaceX Two-Stage Falcon 9 Rocket Backflipped and Returned to Launch Site

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk on Monday explained how SpaceX’s two-staged Falcon 9 rocket performed a backflip during its latest launch for an Italian Earth observation satellite. What Happened SpaceX launched the reusable Falcon 9 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:11 p.m….


Scientists Warn Wireless Radiation, 5G May Endanger Animals

Researchers have published a three-part, 150-page review of how wildlife could be suffering harms from the non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) produced by wireless infrastructure, raising questions about the environmental safety of wireless technology as 5G begins to blanket the United States. “We’ve known for a while now, through a number of scientific studies, that cellular…


Australian Scientists Put Superbugs On Notice

Superbugs, one of the top 10 threats to global public health according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), may soon be a thing of the past after Australian researchers developed a new way to eradicate antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers from Monash University in Victoria have discovered a new method that could potentially destroy the superbugs, prevent antibiotic resistance…


Tsunami Models Underestimated Shock Wave From Tonga Eruption

LONDON—The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shock wave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometers away. Forecasting models and warning systems, designed primarily to assess earthquake-triggered waves, did not account for the…