'Fart gas' promotes healthy ageing, major study finds
Research suggests that focusing H2S on the cells' mitochondria might in the future serve as a treatment for promoting healthy aging.
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JJ Shavit
- Aug 2
'Fart gas' shows significant promise as healthy ageing therapeutic, study finds
Focusing H2S on the cells' power-producing apparatus (mitochondria) might in the future serve as a treatment for promoting healthy aging.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 26
A really weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon has long been known to exhibit comet-like behavior, as it forms a tail and brightens when it comes near the Sun.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 14
New technology captures more carbon dioxide than a forest the size of Germany
0.5% of global carbon emissions could be captured during the crushing process of rocks used in construction, by crushing them in CO2 gas.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 3
Breakthrough liquid metal material could revolutionize high-value technologies
Researchers developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 22, 2022
Porsche is replacing gasoline with eFuel made from CO2, water and wind energy
Many gas-powered vehicles will be on the roads for decades to come, and eFuels offer the owners a nearly carbon-neutral alternative.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 15, 2022
Brocolli gas provides compelling evidence of life on other planets
These types of gases are made when organisms add a carbon and three hydrogen atoms to an undesirable chemical element.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 21, 2022
Scientists discover how the Earth and moon formed
Scientists use modern rocks, moon samples and meteorites to figure out when and how the Earth and moon formed and what they had looked like.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 20, 2022
Quantum charging electric cars as fast as pumping gas
Whether it's photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human civilization must turn to renewable energies. This is deemed inevitable.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 1, 2022
Unlocking the million-year energy source below our feet
There’s an abandoned coal power plant in upstate New York that most people regard as a useless relic.Paul Woskov sees things differently.
JJ Shavit
- May 5, 2022
Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin
A new study suggests that a wearable sensor may be able to monitor the body’s health by detecting the gases released from a person’s skin.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 6, 2022
Meet the man with Britain’s lowest fuel bill as he drives the world’s smallest car
Alex became the proud owner of the world's smallest car - an adorable blue Peel P50 - after seeing Jeremy Clarkson drive one on Top Gear.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 27, 2021
MIT scientists demonstrate for the first time how to make invisible matter
We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 30, 2021
How the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act is impacting today's environmental movement
When Tempest Williams revealed that she intended to keep the oil in the ground, the Bureau of Land Management canceled the leases.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 19, 2021
Leak-detecting quantum camera cuts oil and gas industry emissions
A new a quantum-enabled gas imaging camera will help dramatically cut environmentally damaging methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.
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