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Sugar-studded protein is key to an Alzheimer's cure | The Brighter Side (01:38)

• In a bit of “reverse engineering” research using brain tissues from five people who died with Alzheimer’s disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they[...]

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01:50 The first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime is here | Interesting Engineering 

• A team of researchers from Princeton University has built the first perovskite solar cells that last long enough to be[...]

Researchers run a gas turbine on pure hydrogen in world first | New Atlas (01:51)

• Gas turbines are found in aircraft, trains, ships, generators, pumps, compressors and all sorts of other places. 
  • 90% currently run on natural[...]

Scientists just broke the record for the highest efficiency solar cell | Interesting Engineering (01:46)

• A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has created a solar cell with a record[...]

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Brilliant Planet plans cheap, gigaton-scale carbon capture using algae | New Atlas (01:08)

• Direct air carbon capture is currently far too costly – but this London company, Brilliant Planet, says it can do it at enormous scale for[...]

Starlink's new Portability feature brings internet to vanlifers - The Verge (01:02)

• Starlink’s internet-from-SpaceX service has gone mobile with a new Portability feature.
  • It costs an additional $25 each month, on top of monthly subscriptions that already start[...]

From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button | TechXPlore (01:04)

• MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.

US Navy wirelessly beamed 1.6kW of power using microwaves | Interesting Engineering (01:22)

New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures | MedicalXPress (10:08)

Ultra-light liquid hydrogen tanks promise to make jet fuel obsolete |[...]

Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy | MIT News (01:28)

• Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.
• The biotechnology company Frequency Therapeutics is seeking to reverse hearing[...]