Global healthcare company Grifols has partnered with BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, to develop the first immune therapy eye drops to prevent the long-term effects of exposure to sulfur mustard, commonly called ‘mustard gas.’Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Chemical agents, Chemical Weapons, Eye injury, Immunotherapy
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World-first treatment to prevent long-term eye damage from mustard gas
Posted by ArielTechGeek 98 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Google goes nuclear in world-first small reactor agreement
Posted by ArielTechGeek 109 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In what it calls "the world's first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors," Google has taken another step toward its goal of achieving net-zero emissions from its operational chain by 2030.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Nuclear, Power, Reactors, US Department of Energy, Data Center, Google
Watch BMX daredevil nail world-first moves on top of a moving train
Posted by ArielTechGeek 137 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Gold medal trick cyclist Dawid Godziek is no stranger to flying to twisty, hold-your-breath heights on his bike. But his latest ride, carried out atop a moving train, might be his most impressive accomplishment yet. And you can watch.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, LifestyleTags: BMX, Trains, Red Bull, Extreme Sports
World-first ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day
Posted by ArielTechGeek 138 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
An innovative start-up is out to change how attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is managed, bypassing the traditional route of medication to instead use non-invasive light electrical brain stimulation delivered by a headband worn for just 20 minutes a day.Continue ReadingCategory: ADHD & Autism, ScienceTags: Brain, ADHD, Brain stimulation, Device, Artificial Intelligence
World-first study links belly fat to chronic pain
Posted by ArielTechGeek 145 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In the first study of its kind, excess abdominal fat has been associated with chronic pain, but the good news is that losing weight that can reduce waistlines could help relieve widespread musculoskeletal conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Monash University, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia, Obesity, Chronic, Pain, Fat cells
World-first nuclear clock prototype could outperform atomic clocks
Posted by ArielTechGeek 150 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. But apparently that’s not accurate enough – nuclear clocks could steal their thunder, speeding up GPS and the internet, among other things. Now, scientists have built and tested the first prototype nuclear clock.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Atoms, Clock, Time, Nucleus, Nuclear
Hydrogen or battery? World-first train glides along on either
Posted by ArielTechGeek 153 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Trains, Railways, Hydrogen-powered, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell, Clean+Fuel, Battery Electric Vehicles
Window-cleaning robots hang out in New York for world-first deployment
Posted by ArielTechGeek 157 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A 45-story office tower in New York has become the first in the world to deploy the Ozmo automated window cleaning system, where a platform dangled from the roof is home to robots that spritz the glass 3x faster than human cleaning crews.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Maintenance, Windows, Skyscrapers, Cleaning, Robots
World-first national peanut allergy treatment gets under way
Posted by ArielTechGeek 184 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Australia, the ‘allergy capital of the world,’ has launched a world-first free nationwide treatment program for children with peanut allergies. The goal is to safely build tolerance to the troublesome nut so that kids don’t need to worry about the possibility of a life-threatening reaction.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Peanut, Allergies, Children
World-first space-based energy grid outlined by Star Catcher
Posted by ArielTechGeek 188 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Star Catcher Industries has secured US$12.25 million in seed funding for its ambitious plan to build the world’s first “space-based energy grid.” A network of satellites would gather energy from the Sun and beam it at higher concentrations to other satellites in orbit.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Satellite, Solar Power, Solar Powered, Concentrating Solar Power, Concentrated Sola
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