Month: October 2017
What’s a Wrasse
Drug to repair cavities
A drug trialled to treat Alzheimers also helps natural tooth regrowth, allowing the tooth to repair cavities.
via An Alzheimer’s drug has been found to help teeth repair themselves in just 6 weeks – ScienceAlert.
China discovers new pulsars
Of the pulsars discovered, one called J1859-01 is 16,000 light-years away and rotates once every 1.83 seconds. Another, J1931-01, is 4,100 light-years away and rotates once every 0.59 seconds.
http://www.iflscience.com/space/chinas-massive-radio-telescope-has-made-its-first-discoveries/
Fidget spinners in space
California has roughly 6,000 big cats overall, but P-22 is by far the most famous, largely because he lives in inescapable proximity to some 4 million Angelenos. His home, the city’s 4,500-acre Griffith Park, is one of the largest urban parks in America, full of oak trees and shrubland. But his seven-square-mile range is the smallest ever recorded for an adult lion.
via How One Emboldened and Endangered Mountain Lion Took Los Angeles By Storm – Men’s Journal.
Ion Thruster Breaks Records
The X3 Ion thruster propels spacecraft by accelerating a stream of electrically charged atoms, known as ions. In the recent demonstration the X3 broke records for the maximum power output, thrust and operating current.
via Ion Thruster Prototype Breaks Records in Tests, Could Send Humans to Mars.