Science YouTuber Matt Ferrell loves clean energy as can be seen by his many videos on the matter. You may remember this clip where he discussed if solar panels were worth it after four years or this episode where he explained how a sand battery for renewables worked.In this edition of his show, he is back to share why wireless charging may just be the future of electric vehicles. It's definitely clear that this type of charging is good for busy, on-the-go people. Think of never needing a break to refuel and imagine how convenient and practical that would be.

https://interestingengineering.com/video/wireless-charging-may-be-the-future-of-electric-vehicles

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The University of Toronto team originally thought that the "sparks" might actually be separate objects far past or in front of the Sparkler Galaxy. However, the fact that all three versions of the Sparkler Galaxy show the same dots strongly suggests they are connected. James Webb peers into the ancient pastThe astronomers believe the sparkles are globular clusters like the ones seen around the Milky Way. Crucially, though, we're seeing clusters that are much, much older and were created at a much earlier time in the history of the Universe.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/astronomers-earliest-stars-thanks-james-webb

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'Match the knives' rotation to the distance so the tip hits the target. But in practice it's hard. There are so many other ways the knife can hit the board and I've found all of them.'The YouTuber proceeds to demonstrate this fact with a board that gets hit from all sides by incoming knives. He then adds that even if he gets some success with a specific distance, changing this distance requires him to start the process all over again.'Cutting edge technology should do this easily if we can keep it from destroying itself,' warns the YouTuber.

https://interestingengineering.com/diy/youtubers-make-laser-sighted-fully-automatic-knife-throwing-machine-gun

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It is also the reason behind heart failures occurring in young athletes. Half of all cases involving sudden cardiac arrest in athletes occurring during physical activity are thought to be caused by ARVC.New insights on ARVC"We have identified a previously unknown disease mechanism in ARVC, which adds a completely new layer of information that no one knew about," says Professor Alicia Lundby from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, and the leader of the research team that conducted the study.

https://interestingengineering.com/health/research-suggests-a-new-treatment-strategy-for-heart-patients

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"This is monumental. This is the most important thing that CARB has done in the last 30 years. It's important not just for California, but it's important for the country and the world," told California Air Resources Board member Daniel Sperling to CNN. According to the New York Times, the new requirements could encourage the federal government and more than a dozen states to adopt similar rules. Also, other countries are planning to ban the sales of electric vehicles, such as Sweden, Canada, and Denmark.

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/california-to-ban-gas-powered-vehicles

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Presuming that the long form of the aquaporin-4 protein increases waste clearance, the researchers screened over 2,560 compounds to determine, which of them might increase aquaporin's readthrough. However, they found only two. One was sulphaquinoxaline, an antibiotic commonly used in the meat and poultry industry while the other was apigenin, a component found in chamomile, parsley, onions, and other plants.The researchers then tested these two compounds for their ability to clear beta amyloids from the brains of mice genetically modified to have high protein levels.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/clear-toxic-waste-from-brain

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Rostral denticles refer to the jagged spikes that run along the snouts of sawsharks and sawfishes. They are typically used in foraging and self-defense.'Rostral denticles are believed to be modified scales because of their location on the elongated snout, and they have an external morphology and developmental pattern that's similar to scales,' said Cook, explaining that, just like with scales found elsewhere on the body, for a new rostral denticle to form, an old one must first fall off and make a space available.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/sawfish-hold-secret-how-teeth-evolved

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"If you eat anything from a food manufacturer - processed or packaged in the supermarket - you're already eating 3D printed food; we just don't call it that," she tells us."A food manufacturer takes food, pushes it through machines, shapes, and forms it. We have adopted the same concept and created the kitchen appliance, but the big difference is you control the ingredients going into it, and you can customize your foods," she explains.Customization to the point wherein you could even manufacture food with the precise amount of nutrients you require.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/3d-food-printing-future-nutrition

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The observatory cost a whopping 900 million yuan (U.S. $126 million) and has been a long time coming. Chinese scientists first suggested such a mission in the 1970s, Weiqun Gan, an astrophysicist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, and the mission's chief scientist, told Nature magazine. 'We always wanted to do something like this,' he added.Today, it is common knowledge that the Sun's magnetic field causes its energetic emissions but the relationship between the two remains a mystery.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/mystery-of-the-sun-to-be-investigated-by-chinas-first-dedicated-solar-observatory

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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is no doubt an exceptional structure as it is about 100 feet tall and the size of three football fields. So what exactly does it hold? A laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device. Located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, the NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain. It also aims to explore the behavior of matter under the conditions found within nuclear explosions.Perhaps what makes it most notable, however, is that it's the largest and most powerful ICF device built to date, and it hosts the world's most energetic laser.

https://interestingengineering.com/video/this-is-how-the-worlds-most-powerful-laser-can-simulate-a-planets-core

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Astronomers realized the event was taking place when NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and Wind spacecraft, as well as others, detected a wave of X-rays and gamma rays passing through the solar system. They called the event the GRB 221009A, and it made for an unexpectedly exciting start to the 10th Fermi Symposium, now underway in Johannesburg, South Africa. 'It's safe to say this meeting really kicked off with a bang – everyone's talking about this,' said Judy Racusin, a Fermi deputy project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who is attending the conference.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/nasa-detects-the-most-powerful-cosmic-gamma-ray-burst-ever-discovered

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The answer is quite simple. The rolled-up form is initially brought to the construction site. Imagine a larger, heavier version of one of those plug-in full-height air mattresses.The form is made of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, which is one of the most commonly-used plastics in the world; it's found in everything from medical devices to utility pipes, flooring, and packaging.The form is inflated with an air pump after being laid out on a concrete slab or other foundation. The concrete is then pumped into the form by a ready-mix truck, which can either mix concrete on the way to the site or at the site itself.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/startup-builds-inflatable-houses-pumping-concrete-balloon-like-forms

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The individuals were asked questions related to their physical and mental health, including any prescription drug use, doctor visits or if they experienced anxiety, depression, phobias or mania. They were also asked if they've been previously diagnosed with a mental health disorder, selecting from a list of 25 disorders. For the political portion, they were asked about political beliefs and values, which included 34 questions about tribalism, economic equity, cultural liberalism and anti-authoritarianism and if they agreed or disagreed with the inquiry.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/a-common-parasitic-disease-could-change-a-persons-mind-on-politics

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However, its previous attempts to launch have not gone so well. In September of 2021, an Alpha rocket exploded after take off and saw the Space Force move to terminate the mission.It happened just two and a half minutes post-liftoff. The rocket failed to reach its maximum aerodynamic pressure (called "Max Q"), and started to swagger to its side until it turned horizontal. This is when it exploded.With no hope of recovery, Space Launch Delta 30 stepped in to terminate the launch vehicle to keep it from potentially slamming into public areas, detonating the rocket mid-air in what would be a disastrous explosion.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/fireflys-alpha-rocket-successful-launch

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Before you get too excited about the technology's development, it should be noted that it has thus far only been tried in lab cells. But that does not mean it couldn't be tested in humans once proved safe.How does it work? The device identifies cellular byproducts in tears called exosomes that are thought to indicate tumor growth somewhere in the body.The lenses are equipped with an antibody that can spot and latch onto another antibody found on these exosomes. When these two antibodies come together, they turn red.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-contact-lenses-identify-tumors-from-tears

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'On admission, the patient reported being treated for syphilis in 2019. In September 2021, he performed an HIV test with a negative result. He suffered from bipolar disorder, for which he regularly took carbamazepine 200 mg daily," wrote the researchers in the journal."He was vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 with two doses of Pfizer's BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (the last in December 2021) and had already contracted COVID-19 in January 2022.' He first received a positive test for COVID on July 2, and the following day, rash and lesions appeared on his torso, face, glutes, and lower limbs.

https://interestingengineering.com/health/italian-man-positive-for-covid-hiv-monkeypox

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While the survey noted that Ukraine is a major supplier of fossil fuels and a top exporter of cereals, it also noted that it is home to 117 of the 120 most often used minerals and metals.Moscow has influence over 63% of the coal, 11% of the oil, 20% of the natural gas, 42% of the metals, and 33% of the rare earth in Ukraine, including important minerals like lithium, according to SecDev's analysis of 2,209 deposits.Some of that was taken during the conflict with separatists backed by Russia in eastern Ukraine or during Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/russia-controls-12-trillion-ukraine-energy

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For instance, the ESA has contributed to the NIRSpec, MIRI Instrument and also worked to launch the telescope last year. The ESA's efforts are being rewarded by guaranteeing at least 15 percent of the JWST observation time, an arrangement that was also followed for the Hubble Space Telescope. Capturing the Phantom GalaxyThe Phantom Galaxy lies 32 million light years away from the Earth in the constellation Pisces and is located face-on to our planet. This makes it easier to view it as an object of study.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-phantom-galaxy

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That's why Goddard engineer Dr. Berhanu Bulcha has been working on a type of instrument called a heterodyne spectrometer that could zoom in on particular frequencies to definitively identify and locate water sources on the Moon. To function however, it would need a stable, high-powered, terahertz laser, which was prototyped in collaboration with Longwave Photonics through NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.'This laser allows us to open a new window to study this frequency spectrum,' Bulcha said.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/quarter-sized-lasers-search-water-on-mars

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It encompasses all the features that make up the most popular urban metropolises. It features residential, public, and commercial spaces, and even a green Skygarden to add some much-needed oxygen to the car-heavy city.The structure would be supported by five vertical beams which we imagine would have to be extra sturdy to carry such a busy and diverse mini-metropolis. The structure is also meant to be sustainable, featuring a more humane typology that seeks to emulate nature and introduce diverse green public spaces.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/architects-design-a-model-of-a-suspended-city-that-encircles-the-burj-khalifa

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Regardless, Donald insisted his team acted swiftly. "The meal was still hot inside the drone's delivery box when the crew got there," Donald said.The event is entirely new to Donal. "This is the first time that I've seen it happen. It could have simply been an equipment malfunction. It may have been human error,' he explained.Delivery drones are the future.Luckily, there was no permanent damage to the network, avoiding the risk of suing the drone delivery company for the repairs.However, Donald added that companies should be more careful not to let objects hit power lines or cause damage to the network because financial requests for damages suffered could be demanded in the future.

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/drone-crash-into-powerlines-in-queensland-causes-power-outage

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YouTuber Matt Ferrell brings us innovative and educational videos often focused on solar technology. You may remember this video where he discussed if solar panels are worth it four years down this line or this clip where he discussed an invention that could superpower solar energy.In the latest edition of his show, Undecided with Matt Ferrell, he discusses why solar panels should be available to people of all economic classes. 'It's important for there to be diverse and economically viable ways for everyone to benefit from solar panels,' says the YouTuber in his video.

https://interestingengineering.com/video/why-solar-panels-should-be-affordable-for-everyone

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