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  New liquid metal-infused circuit boards can self-heal and work after taking heavy damage Source: LiveScience.com Link:  https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/unlike-conventional-electronics-liquid-metal-used-in-novel-circuit-boards-can-self-heal-and-work-after-taking-heavy-damage Story 2: Cooling data centers is a multi-billion-dollar problem -  now researchers want to use a common...

Show Notes 1 August 2025 Story 1: Husker researchers developing cephalopod-inspired synthetic skins Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln website Link:  https://news.unl.edu/article/husker-researchers-developing-cephalopod-inspired-synthetic-skins See research paper Synthetic Chromatophores for Color and Pattern Morphing Skins here:  https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.20250...

Story 1: Japan sets new internet speed record — it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds Source: LiveScience.com Story by Perri Thaler Link:  https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/japan-sets-new-internet-speed-record-its-4-million-times-faster-than-average-us-broadband-speeds Official research team statement:  https://www.nict.go.jp/en/press/2025/05/29-1.html Se...

Show Notes 18 July 2025 Story 1: Bill Gates-backed rectangular turbine pilot could upend wind power Source: Electrek.com Story by Michelle Lewis Link:  https://electrek.co/2025/06/26/bill-gates-backed-rectangular-turbine-pilot-could-upend-wind-power/ See video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWhGSdZh1o See company website here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWhGSdZh1o Story 2: Owls’ sil...

Show Notes 11 July 2025 Story 1: University researchers develop a revolutionary closet-sized nuclear reactor:  'Something no other university has' Source: The Cool Down via MSN Link:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/university-researchers-develop-revolutionary-closet-sized-nuclear-reactor-something-no-other-university-has/ar-AA1GQUlh Story 2: Scientists design novel battery that runs on atom...

Story 1: Electronic face 'tattoos' could measure your mental strain at work Source: LiveScience.com Link:  https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/electronic-face-tattoos-could-measure-your-mental-strain-at-work Research paper here:  https://www.cell.com/device/abstract/S2666-9986(25)00094-8 Story 2: This laser breakthrough can read text on a page from a mile away Source: ScienceAlert.com...

Show Notes 20 June 2025 Story 1: Crawling Toward the Future: Robotic Centipedes Aim to Revolutionize Farming Source: Impactlab.com See also:  https://groundcontrolrobotics.com/ Link:  https://www.impactlab.com/2025/05/25/crawling-toward-the-future-robotic-centipedes-aim-to-revolutionize-farming/ See this short video here:  https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=Ground+Control+Ro...

Show Notes 13 June 2025 Story 1: Scientists turn hard-to-recycle plastics into clean hydrogen fuel Source: Knowridge.com Link:  https://knowridge.com/2025/06/scientists-turn-hard-to-recycle-plastics-into-clean-hydrogen-fuel/ Story 2: Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It Source: ZME Science Story by Tibi Puiu Link:  https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-s...

Show Notes 6 June 2025 Story 1: US scientists and Samsung team hit 100% cooling efficiency with no refrigerants Source: Timesofinnovation.com Story by Sam Kim Link:  https://timesofinnovation.com/environmental-sustainability/us-scientists-samsung-team-hit-100-cooling-efficiency-with-no-refrigerants/ See information posted by Samsung at:  https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-develops-next-genera...

Popzara.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor. Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated  Podcast  keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-m...

Show Notes 30 May 2025 Story 1: Superwood: A potentially revolutionary material that could replace steel Source: Robotics & Automation News Story by Mai Tao Link:  https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/05/17/superwood-a-potentially-revolutionary-material-that-could-replace-steel/90938/ Story 2: Hydrogen From Human Waste: Urine-Based Fuel Tech Slashes Electricity Use by 27% in Stunning Gre...

Show Notes 23 May 2025 Story 1: Fungi could be used to build homes one day Source: CNN, Story by Kameryn Griesser Link:  https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/science/fungi-bacteria-home-building-sustainable See research paper here:  https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(25)00116-X Story 2: In the quest for crops that can thrive in a warmer future, scientists just had a b...

Show Notes 16 May 2025 Story 1: Liquid Hydrogen Storage Breakthrough Puts Zero-Emission Aviation Within Reach -  Student Team Pulls Off First Flight Test of Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Electric Aircraft Source: Hydrogen Fuel News Story by Frankie Wallace Link:  https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/liquid-hydrogen-storage-breakthrough-puts-zero-emission-aviation-within-reach/8570815/ Story 2: Breakthrough...

Show Notes 9 May 2025 Story 1: World’s first railway track-mounted solar plant open to rail traffic Source: PV Magazine Link:  https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/04/28/sun-ways-inaugurates-removable-pv-plant-on-railway-tracks/ See research paper here:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772671123001249#fig0002 See also:  https://www.sun-ways.ch/en Story 2: New electronic “...

Show Notes 2 May 2025 Story 1: US to unleash robot swarms to build smart aircraft with speed, precision, safety Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Jijo Malayil Link:  https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/robot-swarms-to-build-smart-aircraft?group=test_a See also:  https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/03/3055273/0/en/H2-Clipper-Transforms-Aviation-and-Aerospace-Manufact...

Popzara.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor. Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast  keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-mi...

Show Notes 25 April 2025 Story 1: Scientists turn gunshot residue into glowing semiconductors to crack shooting cases Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Aamir Khollam Link:  https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/forensic-tech-makes-gun-residue-glow See research paper here:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073825000532 Story 2: Lab-grown chicken nuggets have bee...

Show Notes 18 April 2025 Story 1: Kawasaki unveils hydrogen-powered robotic horse that you can ride Source: Robotics & Automation News, Story by David Edwards Link:  https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/04/06/kawasaki-unveils-hydrogen-powered-robotic-horse-that-you-can-ride/89601/ See video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDhzbTz-9k&t=1s Story 2: Light-based computers are get...

Show Notes 11 April 2025 Story 1: A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble Source: MIT News Link:  https://news.mit.edu/2025/sprout-flexible-robot-help-emergency-responders-search-rubble-0402 See video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaMCTH4qZTE Story 2: Charging electric vehicles 5x faster in subfreezing temps Source: University of Michigan News Link:  https://n...

Show Notes 4 April 2025 Story 1: These smart contact lens prototypes could convince  future  me to ditch my glasses thanks to wireless power transfer and eye health biosensing Source: TechRadar.com Story by Stephen Warwick Link:  https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/these-smart-contact-lens-prototypes-could-convince-future-me-to-ditch-my-glasses-thanks-to-wireless-power-transfer-and-eye-health...

Show Notes 28 March 2025 Story 1: Ultra-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Could Enable True Self-Driving Cars Source: TopSpeed.com Story by Craig Cole Link:  https://www.topspeed.com/ultra-accurate-optical-atomic-clocks-could-enable-true-self-driving-cars/ See Chalmers University of Technology news article here:  https://www.chalmers.se/en/current/news/mc2-microcomb-chips-help-pave-the-way-for-thousa...

Show Notes 21 March 2025 Story 1: Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from salt-lake brines or geothermal brine solutions Source: Imperial College announcement by Ian Mundell Link:  https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261774/lithium-needed-battery-revolution-could-harvested/ See also:  https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-lithium-battery-revolution-harvested-saltwater.html See...

Show Notes 14 March 2025 Story 1: No Fiber Needed: New Chip Uses Light to Beam 10Gig Speeds Through the Air Source: PC Magazine Story by Michael Kan Link:  https://www.pcmag.com/news/no-fiber-taara-chip-uses-light-to-beam-10gig-speeds-through-the-air See also:  https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-google-taara-chip-internet-by-light/ Side note - for more about the Taara Project, see:  https://x.c...

Show Notes Story 1: US team creates ‘holey’ battery with 180-degree flexibility for wearables Source: InterestingEngineering.com Story by Christopher McFadden Link:  https://interestingengineering.com/energy/holey-battery-for-wearables Story 2: Stretchable, flexible, recyclable. This plastic is fantastic Source: Princeton Engineering Story by John Sullivan Link:  https://engineering.princeton.edu/...

Computer America Stories 02/28/2025 The next chapter: Skype Ends https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/02/28/the-next-chapter-moving-from-skype-to-microsoft-teams/   Microsoft launches native Mac app for Copilot https://www.engadget.com/ai/microsoft-launches-native-mac-app-for-copilot-235945829.html   Amazon’s subscription-based Alexa+ looks highly capable—and questionable https:...