Not All News is Bad!

A sodium-air fuel cell could power heavy transport of the future while also cleaning up carbon emissions say MIT scientists.

Source: MIT’s sodium fuel cell could fly electric planes while sucking CO2

Fascinating.

A Pamlico County teenager who just started playing the guitar was gifted a $1,500 guitar by a stranger.

Source: Stranger gifts guitar to Pamlico County teenager in random act of kindness

Wow!

Japan stands on the brink of a medical breakthrough: the development of artificial blood that could transform emergency medicine and save countless lives.

Source: Japan to Begin Clinical Trials for Artificial Blood in 2025 – MedEdge MEA

Fascinating. (And, indeed, purple.)

For decades, energy independence has been the elusive white whale of U.S. policy. We’ve tried offshore drilling, shale booms, solar panels, and wind farms the

Source: Goodbye to energy dependence – Alaska discovers more than 1,100 TWh hidden under the ice, and the find could change the world

“Hydrokinetic energy” – it’s an interesting twist.

Drug developed by Case Western Reserve University researchers found to protect ‘guardian of the brain’ Worldwide, more than 55 million people suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other conditions that destroy cells in the brain and nervous system. While there is no treatment to control or manage these neurodegenerative conditions, investigators at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center have identified a new and promising drug to treat AD. The […]

Source: Potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, other neurodegenerative conditions

Both fascinating and exciting.

The gel, called SNAP-X, was invented by researchers at the University of California-San Diego.

Source: Scientists invent ‘smelling gel’ that seduces coral to dying reefs in restoration efforts

You had me at “seduces coral” 🙂

Thoroughbred horses on a sprawling Kentucky farm are helping men trying to carve out clean and sober lives.

Source: Horses on a Kentucky farm are helping men build sober lives, gain work and reunite families

I love programs like this.

Historic surgery opens the door for improved treatment of non-functioning bladders.

Source: World’s first-ever human bladder transplant

Fascinating.

On Vices was written by a by Philodemus, a Greek philosopher who lived at Pompeii nearly 200 years before its eruption.

Source: Students Decipher Title of Burnt Scroll from the Famous Library Buried by Vesuvius–Called ‘On Vices’

I just find this fascinating.

Sneaker Impact takes shoe donations from across the nation and ships them outside the U.S, where they are eventually resold by mom-and-pop shops in the developing world.

Source: Unique Miami recycling company gives discarded shoes new traction

Pretty cool idea.