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Joint pain is a common ailment of aging, thanks to cartilage’s tendency to wear out. Now, researchers at Duke University have developed a new hydrogel that’s stronger and more durable than the real thing, which could make for longer lasting knee implants.
Source: Hydrogel that outperforms cartilage could be in human knees in 2023
I’m really looking forward to this one. 🙂
Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.
Source: This group’s wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it’s just getting started
Great solution to a frustrating problem.
At 75, Dorothy Bowker felt compelled to set up a low-cost supermarket for her community. Now it is her turn to be treated
Source: The people making a difference: the food market pioneer taking on the cost of living crisis
Lovely.
A proud New Jersey mother celebrated her daughter receiving a doctorate by purchasing space on a billboard in a busy area.
Source: N.J. mom rents billboard to congratulate doctor daughter
Proud mom, inspiring dauighter.
Robert Sansone’s research could pave the way for the sustainable manufacturing of electric vehicles that do not require rare-earth magnets
Source: This 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry
Wow.
Three-year-old twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima underwent seven operations at a hospital in Brazil.
Source: Conjoined twins with fused brains successfully separated thanks to UK surgeon
Truly amazing stuff. Apparently, they used VR simulations to practice, practice, practice prior to the actual surgery.
The pitcher for the Texas East Little League team hung his head, clearly upset after his last pitch hit the 12-year-old Oklahoma batter in the head, knocking off his helmet and leaving him lying in the dirt at home plate. But Isaiah Jarvis, who at first had gripped his head, soon recovered.
Source: Little League batter hit in head embraces pitcher in inspiring display of sportsmanship
Good sportsmanship, indeed.
Brian Standefer called it “a surreal and emotional thing, especially since we’d lost Travis.”
Source: Four boys left a note in a bottle 27 years ago. Someone just found it.
Always cool to hear these stories.
In the small town of Axtell (just northeast of Waco) lies a quaint community park. Here, families can gather, children can play, and now — thanks to a partnership between Baylor’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Texas State Technical College — kids with physical disabilities can fully enj
Source: Baylor engineering students partner with TSTC to build wheelchair-accessible swing
Pretty cool, all around.
The Oakland Public Library has a fan following.
Source: Librarian finds love notes, doodles in books and shares them with a grateful public
Fascinating stuff.