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Jan 1, 2021

2020 Highlights

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These were our top 20 most viewed blogs of 2020, in reverse order.

Amid all the doom and gloom in the world, some impressive scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs occurred, as we hope you’ll agree!

Jan 1, 2021

The 100 Best Inventions of 2020

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Every year, TIME highlights the best tech inventions. Check out their top 100 list for #2020 👇


Groundbreaking innovations that are making the world better, smarter and a little more fun.

Dec 31, 2020

St. Jude scientists make breakthrough and discover possible COVID-19 treatment

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The team focused on cytokines, small proteins released in the body in response to inflammation. They concentrated on the most elevated cytokines in COVID-19 patients and found one duo that stood out.

Turns out, the drugs to treat these cytokine reactions, or cytokine storms, already exist.

When tried on mice, the medication protected them from COVID-19 death and from sepsis, a deadly infection of the blood.

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Dec 27, 2020

How AI and ML innovations are driving the need for hardware transformation (VB Live)

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Learn how innovations in NLP, visual AI, recommendation models and scientific computing are pushing computer architecture to the cutting edge.

Dec 25, 2020

Watch NASA’s Exciting Mission Trailer: Perseverance Arrives at Mars

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After nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA ’s Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars on February 18, 2021. But, to reach the surface of the Red Planet, it has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.

The mission uses technological innovations already demonstrated successfully, especially for entry, descent, and landing (EDL). Like NASA’s Curiosity rover (, the Mars 2020 spacecraft uses a guided entry, descent, and landing system. The landing system on Mars 2020 mission includes a parachute, descent vehicle, and an approach called a “skycrane maneuver” for lowering the rover on a tether to the surface during the final seconds before landing.

Dec 20, 2020

Let’s Feed Seaweed To Cows & Reduce Their Methane Burping

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Old-time solutions are reappearing as we seek to become a zero-emissions society.


How can the agriculture industry reduce the amount of methane released when cows burp? It’s been a struggle for scientists and policymakers. A new method in which farmers feed seaweed to cows — needing to incorporate only about 0.2% of the total feed intake — indicates that methane levels can be reduced by 98%. It’s a real breakthrough, as most existing solutions cut methane only by about 20% to 30%.

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Dec 20, 2020

How an immigrant scientist paved the way for covid-19 vaccine

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Katalin Karikó saw her early research rejected but she persisted and is now tipped for a Nobel Prize together with her colleague Dr Drew Weissman. Their breakthrough invention is now the key to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, and could open the door to new medical cures. (Leer en español)

Dec 18, 2020

US Army see self-adjusting turbine blades powering new supersonic VTOLs

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US Army researchers believe they have found a novel way to articulate the position of turbine blades in the hot section of jet engines. They say the innovation could significantly improve efficiency and power of jet engines – and also enable a new, wider range of performance needed for futuristic …

Dec 17, 2020

Mobile Protected Firepower: The U.S. Army’s New Light Tank

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In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their paces by paratroopers from the Army’s 82 Airborne.

“We are incredibly excited to see the MPF platform entering into this phase,” an Army Ground Combat Systems official stated, explaining that the “MPF represents an innovative and aggressive approach to system acquisition. The beginning of our SVA (soldier vehicle assessment) in January illustrates how hard the teams are working to keep the major events of this program on schedule,” despite the ongoing pandemic.

The Army awarded two initial prototyping contracts to both BAE Systems and General Dynamics back in 2018. The contracts, worth $376 million each, covered a total of 504 final production Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles, with initial deliveries scheduled for 2025.

Dec 13, 2020

Solar-based Electronic Skin Generates Its Own Power

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

Scientists demonstrate a innovative e-skin with touch and proximity-sensing capabilities without using dedicated touch sensors.