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Show Notes 24 October 2025 Story 1: 3D-Printer Prints Living Tissue Inside Human Body Source: electronicsforu.com Link:  https://www.electronicsforu.com/news/3d-printer-prints-living-tissue-inside-human-body See also:  Miniature 3D-printed objects inside the body See also:  https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/stuttgart-research-advances-in-body-3d-printing-with-new-e1-8m-grant-245344/ Story 2: Bre...

Story 1: Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers -  Biocomputing has left the realm of science fiction and entered the laboratory Source: Techspot.com Link:  Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers See also BBC article:  Lab-grown brains: The future of computing? See also:  FinalSpark Story 2: US firm’s new EV battery design could add...

Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Aman Tripathi Link:  https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/artificial-plant-cleans-radioactive-soil See also:  https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099362 See also:  https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/purifying-radioactive-soil-sunlight-alone-dgist-successfully-d...

Show Notes 3 October 2025 Story 1: Some Layers of Your Brain Actually Get Stronger as You Age Source: ScienceAlert.com Story by: Michelle Starr Link:  https://www.sciencealert.com/some-layers-of-your-brain-actually-get-stronger-as-you-age Research Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02013-1 Story 2: Engineers harness light to help heart cells beat stronger and healthier Source: Know...

Show Notes 26 September 2025 Story 1: No sorting needed: Plasma torch shows promise for hassle-free plastic recycling Source: TechXplore.com Link:  https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-plasma-torch-hassle-free-plastic.html Story 2: MIT spinoff achieves major milestone in pursuit of limitless energy beneath our feet:  'Could fundamentally change how we power our world' Source: The Cool Down via MSN....

Show Notes 19 September 2025 Story 1: Researchers building RoboBalls to explore other planets Source: The Purdue Exponent, a student-run newspaper serving the Purdue community in West Lafayette, Indiana Story by Dean Murray Link:  https://www.purdueexponent.org/news/national/researchers-building-roboballs-to-explore-other-planets/article_2c06a5ae-3b24-5834-bfc8-9f7df72e299c.html See the school’s w...

Show Notes: Story 1: Map of 600,000 brain cells rewrites the textbook on how the brain makes decisions Source: LiveScience.com Link:  https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/map-of-600-000-brain-cells-rewrites-the-textbook-on-how-the-brain-makes-decisions Story 2: Super solar cells withstand 10,000 bends, retain over 85% output after 2,800 hours Source: InterestingEngineering.com via MSN L...

Story 1: Scientists use quantum machine learning to create semiconductors for the first time Source: LiveScience.com Link:  https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/scientists-use-quantum-machine-learning-to-create-semiconductors-for-the-first-time-and-it-could-transform-how-chips-are-made Research Paper:  https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202506213 Story 2: How use...

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 22 August 2025 Story 1: Zapping Volunteers' Brains with Electricity Boosted Their Math Skills Source: ScienceAlert.com Link:  https://www.sciencealert.com/zapping-volunteers-brains-with-electricity-boosted-their-maths-skills Story 2: Moon mining takes giant leap forward with plans to harvest lunar soil Source: Newsweek via MSN Link:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/moon-mining-t...

Show Notes 15 August 2025 Story 1: Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer Source: TechCrunch.com Link:  https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/meta-researchers-are-developing-a-gesture-controlled-wristband-that-can-interact-with-a-computer/ Find the research paper here:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09255-w Story 2: First standard...

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...

  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...