Nuclear fusion is considered by many to be the holy grail of power generators, but until that process is ready, the planet is still forced to use the dangerous alternative, nuclear fission.

Chernobyl and Fukishima are but two examples of what can go wrong in today’s water cooled, solid fuel nuclear power plants fed rods of uranium.

What if there were a safer alternative that used a fuel source more stable, more common, produced less waste, more efficient, and didn’t contain the inherent threat of nuclear weapons?

Such a technology has existed for over 60 years but has been collecting mothballs. Let me introduce you to LFTR.

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Researchers at at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have been successfully using spongy gold nanoparticles to starve cancer cells to death.

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News from the brainy folks over at MIT’s materials research department: a film that can generate energy from water vapor in the air!

One of the most amazing fruits you’ve probably dismissed as ordinary is actually not a fruit, or ordinary.

Wizards… (cough cough) scientists at the University of Michigan have developed an incredible new coating that literally causes nearly any liquid that touches it to bounce right off. It’s being dubbed: “superomniphobic.”

British engineers from University College London have developed a method for literally seeing through walls using Wi-Fi.

“Using silk strands pulled from cocoons and gold wires thinner than a spider’s web, researchers at Princeton University have created a removable tattoo that adheres to dental enamel and could eventually monitor a patient’s health with unprecedented sensitivity.”

Exciting news from Cambridge University where doctors have reversed damage from spinal injuries in dogs. Researchers are hopeful that down the road, spinal nerve damage in humans can be repaired with this same method, by using self-regenerating cells harvested from the nose. 

A new imaging technique so fast that we can literally see around corners and see inside people without x-rays.

What child hasn’t dreamt of having superpowers? Some kids never grow up, as scientists keep finding astounding ways to make those super dreams a reality. MIT Professor Ramesh Raskar has developed a camera system so unbelievably sensitive and outrageously fast that it has the ability to take slow motion videos of light in motion!

For all of you weekend warriors some exciting new open source 3D printing technology may well save your life one day. Researchers collaborating between Pennsylvania University and MIT have made significant strides in solving a huge problem in creating lab grown organs such as livers.