Monthly Archives: February 2021

Virgin Galactic prepares for another attempt to reach space

Virgin Galactic is looking to shrug off a failed flight in mid-December, with plans for another attempt to reach space using its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft in around a fortnight’s time as it pursues its vision of carrying private passengers into space.

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Injections of drug-loaded sticky nanoparticles could shrink skin cancer

Researchers at Yale University have shown how skin cancer could one day be treated with a simple injection. The team found that they could shrink tumors by injecting them with adhesive nanoparticles loaded with chemotherapy drugs.

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Hyundai to build “world’s first” eVTOL airport in Coventry this year

Hyundai is serious about its eVTOL air taxi division, and has partnered with the UK Government, the Coventry City Council and Urban Air Port to open a dedicated eVTOL facility – the "world's smallest airport," in England later this year.

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US Army-funded research results in self-propelled materials

Inspired by the way plants like Venus flytraps can snap closed and reset themselves, scientists have developed materials that alter their shape in the blink of the eye to propelling themselves forward using their own energy and their environment.

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Flowcamper spruces up the VW camper van with mountain lodge flair

Flowcamper started as the most psychedelic camper van brand since Woodstock. It now leaves the flowers and neon colors behind to create a VW mini mountain lodge. The Casper features mountain graphics, a spruce interior and a host of off-grid options.

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Alzheimer’s scientists uncover “seeding” process of toxic protein tangles

Researchers have shed new light on the murky origins of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, which could eventually lead to new treatments. The team uncovered a mechanism for how toxic tangles of tau proteins leak into healthy brain cells.

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