One of the cleanest traditional fossil fuel sources is natural gas as it is known to produce minimalistic amounts of pollutants such as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is currently one of the major contributors of climate change and a potent greenhouse gas. However, recently researchers from the University of Illinois Chicagohave found the pollutants and greenhouse gases released by burning natural gas to be lowered using advanced catalysts that can reduce temperature at which methane present i
Researchers from University of Wyoming used glass containers, copper foil, and a traditional household microwave oven that crushed coal powder could be transformed into higher-value nano-graphite. This new study is a step toward finding an alternative use for Powder River Basin coalin Wyoming as currently the demand of coal for electricity generation is found to be declining owing to the climate change.The researchers gave a clear explanation of how they created a microwave ovenconditionto dev
A team of engineers from Imperial College London and MIT have found a new method to developrobust, functional materials with the help of a mixture of bacteria and yeast that just like kombucha mother which is used to ferment tea.The engineers have named this mixture as symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). Furthermore, the researchers were able to make cellulose embedded with enzymes that can perform a number of tasks such as tracing environmental pollutants. It was observed that th
Young people are nowadays using naturopathic medicine or herbal medicine. However, the evidence supporting this science is weak. Thus, the team from Michigan Medicine has decided to shed light on the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects of ginger as it is likely to become a popular herbal supplement for treating inflammatory diseases. The researchers have been able to find the presence of the primary bioactive compound, 6-gingerol, in the ginger root. This compound is anticipated to co
The leg amputees generally find it difficult to use their prosthesis, despite the availability of the sophisticated prostheses. The major reason behind this is the weight of the prosthesis, despite the fact that the prosthetic legs are generally less than half the weight of a natural limb. The Professor Stanisa Raspopovic and his teamfrom the Department of Health Sciences and Technology have successfully found connecting the prostheses to the nervous system to likely help amputees to recognize
Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University have discovered a new means toreplicate the conditions observed in intestines in order to understand the growth and progression rate of bacterial infections on a real-time basis.They successfully created a lab tool that easily mimics the human intestine and thereby provides the much needed evidence to gain better understanding of infectious diseases like diarrhea, amoebic infection, etc. According to bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen
Obesity is currently one of the serious issues being faced on a global platform and the researchers are thus on a constant run to find a perfect solution to combat this condition. The most commonly used method is the gastric bypass surgery which people opt as a last option after their constant struggle with weight gain and health issues related to it. In this procedure, the stomach pouch is made smaller and the digestive tract is rerouted. However, the invasiveness and the prolonged recovery p
Researchers from the Stanford University had developed a vaccine for Ebola,HIV,and pandemic influenza just prior to the pandemic. After which the university labs had to be shut down due to the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and it is when the researchers shifted their focus on developing a vaccine againstSARS-CoV-2. Even though the coronavirus was out of their expertise, the lead researcher Peter S. Kim and his team managed to develop and test a promising vaccine candidate. The pr
Team from Wistar Institute has found a new class of compound that distinctively combine thereal-time rapid immune responsewith the antibiotic destroying of pan drug-resistant bacterial pathogens for directly attacking antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This study has been published in the Natureas there is an urgent need to fight AMR that is titled as a global public health threat by the World Health Organization (WHO).It is assumed that by 2050 the antibiotic-resistant infections could kill arou
Google has recently launched a health app for the Android phones with the goal of helping carry out medical studies. The app named Google Health Studies works with the goal of providing medical studies on respiratory illnesses such as flu, COVID-19, and others. The basic use of the app is to alert if there are any respiratory symptoms in order to take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of diseases. The app is designed to collect the demographic data including gender, age, race, an
