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Happy Wednesday morning! Thanks for joining in for another week. This is round 3 of This Week in Science and I’ve picked out 5 cool pieces for you. We’ve got:
Enjoy! And let me know what you think by taking the polls at the bottom and/or sending me an email with your thoughts.
Superconductors conduct electricity without losing any of it along the way. Most conductors (like copper) lose energy as they conduct electricity, limiting what we can do with them. Superconductors would open up a ton of possibilities but so far we’ve only been able to make ones that require low temperatures to work.
Recently, some scientists claimed to have made the 1st room-temperature superconductor, and for some reason, the internet (and more specifically Twitter) went crazy about it. Unfortunately, replication attempts failed, as detailed in the article. Sad.
Exactly what it sounds like. Check out some amazing close-ups from a wide range of fields.
India became the 4th country to ever successfully land on the moon last week and the first to do so on the South Pole.
Scientists implanted a brain-computer interface into a stroke patient who can no longer speak (Ann). The implant and its programming interpret Ann’s brain activity to determine what she intends to say, and does it pretty well.
From the article; “Goldbeating, an age-old craft pioneered by ancient Egyptian artisans more than five millennia ago, involves the meticulous thinning of bulk gold into gossamer-like leaves. Throughout history, this intricate process has adorned various masterpieces, such as the tombs of Thebes and Saqqara, and has cemented its place in art and adornments across cultures.”
Scientists copy ancient art but do it at the nanoscale.
See you next week for more science,
Neil
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