#’Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands

#’Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands

“#’Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands” AMSTERDAM, Oct 13 – Researchers in the Netherlands are developing laser technology to enable “virtually painless” injections without needles in what they call a breakthrough that will ease fear and lower the threshold for vaccinations. The “Bubble Gun” uses a laser to push tiny droplets through the outer…

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#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries

#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries

“#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries” TARTU, Estonia, Oct 11 – Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at an Estonian university say. Sodium-ion batteries, which do not contain relatively costly lithium, cobalt or nickel, are one of the new…

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#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US

#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US

“#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US” There were reports of at least five fireballs over the US last week.  In a Facebook post, NASA Meteor Watch wrote Saturday that there had been “many reports” of the fireballs hurtling through the sky on Friday night.  The largest amount of eyewitness accounts totaled over 80 associated with an event that occurred at…

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#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions

#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions

“#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions” NASA scientists have found evidence that thousands of massive ancient volcanoes erupted on Mars.  The so-called “super eruptions” occurred in a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra over a period of 500 million years dating back approximately 4 billion years. Researchers who studied the topography and mineral…

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#Scientists in Singapore transform fruit leftovers into antibacterial bandages

#Scientists in Singapore transform fruit leftovers into antibacterial bandages

“#Scientists in Singapore transform fruit leftovers into antibacterial bandages” Sept 20 – Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore are tackling food waste by turning discarded durian husks into antibacterial gel bandages. The process extracts cellulose powder from the fruit’s husks after they are sliced and freeze-dried, then mixes it with glycerol. This mixture…

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