When asked to describe his speciality, Kaihang Wang’s answer is immediate: “handyman”. After all, much of his work at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena involves building things, albeit not with a hammer and nails. Wang and his team develop molecular tools, including a system that biologists can program to introduce a long, synthetic strand of DNA into a bacterial cell1.
Robots performing spinal surgery. Robots wandering about and asking for directions. A mysterious series of shifts in the earth’s magnetic field. Are conditions on Earth getting a little too strange in this week’s 5 Coolest Things? Fear not: At least we may be closer to figuring out hyperspace travel.
This week’s coolest scientific discoveries go to the stars and back, as scientists study the long-term effects of space flight on the human brain, try to build a better flight ejector seat, and use precisely targeted electrical charges to help paraplegic patients walk again. Plus: The rise of the machines continues apace.
The Canadian periodic table highlights 150 Canada-based startups, investors, exits, and IPOs like that of Shopify and Real Matters.
In honor of Canada Day this weekend, we used CB Insights’ database to compile 150 notable tech companies, most active venture capital and corporate investors, and top exits of Canada’s private company tech scene into a periodic table.
Scientists have genetically engineered skinny pigs that are more tolerant to cold, ocean mussels could lead to self-healing plastic, and transparent solar panels are soaking up the sun. It’s been a bright week for science.
Scientists built an AI that learned to how to code, found chemicals in a giant lizard’s blood that killed deadly bacteria, and proposed efficient wind turbines fashioned to look like insect wings. This science will blow you away.
Civilian airline pilots flying through fog or other limited visibility conditions will soon be able to benefit from an optical system designed by Israeli defense industry leader Elbit Systems, according to a report on Channel 2 news.
Normally, when flying through fog or smoke, pilots must rely on instruments alone as vision is severely reduced.
