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Drawing together evidence from laboratory research, clinical trials and real-world studies, the review also highlights the technology’s potential beyond COVID-19.
Source: mRNA vaccines safe and effective, confirms Lancet review
Yup. Amazing stuff, at that.
The UK is funding a closed-loop battery anode recycling project, a move that could support cleaner electric transport by reusing more battery materials and reducing reliance on fresh extraction.
Source: UK Backs Battery Recycling Project As Electric Travel Gets A Little Less Resource Hungry
Good to see this happening.
A Canadian burn team used exosome therapy on a burn patient for the first time in the world, helping a student heal without skin grafts.
Source: Exosome therapy heals burn patient’s face in world first | The Optimist Daily
How cool.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, have previously demonstrated that a solar-powered reactor can convert plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals, but only at laboratory scale. Now, they have shown a clear path for converting this technology to a commercial scale, in outdoor, real-world conditions.
Source: Scientists demonstrate solar-powered plastic recycling at real-world scale
Promising.
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
Source: Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Awesome.
At 104 years old, Doris Hill of Baltimore has a simple message about aging: don’t let a number define you.
Source: At 104, a Baltimore centenarian shares the mindset she credits for a joyful life
Inspiring.
She finished in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. The American is also the youngest woman to row the route solo.
Source: Kelsey Pfendler becomes fastest person of any gender to row solo from California to Hawaii
I followed the updates as she made her way. Truly amazing.
A Stanford study found that blocking 15-PGDH, a protein that doubles in aging joints, regenerates cartilage and prevents post-injury arthritis.
Promising.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the LEGO Foundation today announced a five-year, $97 million partnership to expand early learning support for more than five million children affected by conflict and crisis across East Africa and the Middle East by integrating play-based early learning into national education, health, and early childhood services.
Love this.
