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A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a new, plant-based oral drug to treat type 2 diabetes has produced some promising results. The drug significantly improved blood glucose control and boosted heart and liver health. Larger clinical studies are pending.Continue ReadingCategory: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Type 2 diabetes, blood-glucose, Traditional medicine,
Reddit has temporarily banned one of its communities – and removed another – after X owner Elon Musk claimed comments made by the site’s users about his employees were breaking […] The post Reddit community banned after spat with Musk, Google scraps ‘AI weapons’ promise appeared first on ShinyShiny.
A surprisingly simple tweak is making a venerable military transport aircraft more efficient. Literally gluing a few microvanes to the rear fuselage of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane can result in fuel savings in the tens of millions of dollars.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, Aircraft, Fuel efficiency
Astro Mechanica – founded in 2021 by Ian Brooke and with a tight ship of only eight employees – is an aerospace startup developing what it calls a turboelectric adaptive engine for both subsonic and supersonic flight ... with electric car motor technology.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Supersonic, Subsonic, Electric Aircraft, Hybrid, Jets
Harley-Davidson's all-electric LiveWire division is collaborating with Taiwanese scooter giant KYMCO on high-performance electric maxi-scooters. Anticipated to hit the market in 2026, these scooters will make use of LiveWire’s S2 Arrow powertrain.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Scooter, Harley Davidson, Kymco, Concept Motorcycles, urban transport, Electric Motorcycles, Elect
Supercritical geothermal power holds the promise of meeting humanity's energy needs for millions of years, but how practical is it? A new analysis by Karthik Subramanian of Lux Research suggests that it may lie somewhere between improbable and impossible.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Geothermal, Power, Heating
Looking like a set of bridge supports that were accidentally installed on a cargo ship, a new wind-driven system by startup CoFlow Jet promises to reduce ship fuel costs by up to 90% using stationary cylinders with no moving parts.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Shipping, Sail, Wind Power, Marine Innovations
A West Texas company says it's found a remarkably simple way to slash air cargo costs as much as 65% – by having planes tow autonomous, cargo-carrying gliders behind them, big enough to double, or potentially triple their payload capacity.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: gliders, Aircraft, Cargo, Fuel efficiency
A phase 3 clinical trial has shown that a drug called teplizumab can slow down progression of type 1 diabetes in children and teenagers with a recent diagnosis. The trial’s success could help expand the options for patients and relieve some burdens of the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Drug, Drugs, Yale
A team of scientists led by University of Virginia professor Patrick Hopkins is developing a plasma "freeze ray" that will be less interesting to super villains than to engineers looking for ways to cool electronics in the vacuum of space.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Virginia, US Space Force, US Air Force, Plasma


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