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Joseph Shavit
Dec 18, 2022
Breakthrough technology can heat and cool your house using only the power of humidity
With energy prices rising rapidly, a new startup could have the answer - technology that harnesses energy from fluctuations in humidity.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2022
Mobile app yields major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus
The group with the polytherapeutic treatments showed clinically significant improvements at 12 weeks, while the other group did not.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2022
Genius kid builds a nuclear fusion reactor at home
A teen genius at a U.S. middle school has built a working, tiny nuclear fusion reactor—and made it into Guinness World Records.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2022
Groundbreaking pill technology releases molecules by exposure to UV light
Researchers developed a new technology that will allow controlled encapsulation and release of molecules by exposure to UV light.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2022
Ultralight fabric solar cell can turn any surface into a power source
Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be added to any surface.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2022
Groundbreaking spinal cord implant enables paralyzed people to walk again
Study found the type of neuron that is activated and remodeled by spinal cord stimulation, allowing patients to stand up and walk again.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2022
Groundbreaking solar panels are 1000x more powerful
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased 1,000x if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.

Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2022
Gold-based coating converts sunlight into heat to defog glasses
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an ultrathin, gold-based transparent coating that is able to convert sunlight into heat.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2022
MIT scientists develop a soft, implantable ventilator to improve compromised lung capacity
Our diaphragm — the dome-shaped muscle that lies just beneath the ribcage — works like a slow and steady trampoline, creating a vacuum.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 12, 2022
Breakthrough solar desalination technology extracts 400% more salt from seawater
Engineers have developed a new desalination technology that significantly reduces the cost of desalination and quadruples salt production.

Joseph Shavit
Dec 12, 2022
Groundbreaking wearable stickers can generate live images of a patient's organs
Ultrasound imaging is a safe and noninvasive window into the body’s workings, providing clinicians with live images of a patient’s organs


Joseph Shavit
Dec 11, 2022
Scientists harvesting the sun to grow food and clean energy together
People are increasingly trying to grow both food and clean energy on the same land to help meet the challenges of climate change.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 10, 2022
Building a space elevator to the moon is possible using today’s technology
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravity.

Joseph Shavit
Dec 10, 2022
Life-saving infrared light beam can detect malaria
A fast, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 9, 2022
Revolutionary nano-based technology treats osteoporosis with no side effects
Researchers have created unique technology for treating osteoporosis that uses nanobubbles to deliver treatment to targeted areas of a body.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 8, 2022
Space startup looks to build a robotic outpost near the Moon
At the center of the new company is an evolvable and scalable space platform, called a robotic outpost, that will serve multiple users.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 8, 2022
Scientists use ultrasound waves to move objects hands-free
The research opens the door for using contactless manipulation in industries where devices wouldn’t need a built-in power source to move.

Joseph Shavit
Dec 7, 2022
Novel device measures nerve activity to successfully treat sepsis and PTSD
A team of engineers and physicians at UC San Diego has developed a device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity in humans.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 6, 2022
Breakthrough solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
A new type of solar energy harvesting system breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies collecting solar power 24/7.


Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022
Breakthrough "water battery" is greener and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
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