Biking at night? This glow-in-the-dark path might help
Getting around at night just got a lot easier for cyclists in one town in Poland. The town of Lidzbark Warminski in northern Poland unveiled a new glow-in-the-dark bicycle lane this month. During the day, sunlight charges special particles in the asphalt, and then those particles — called “luminophores” — become beautiful blue lights when the sun…
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Powering up: Could nuclear energy be part of the solution?
Nuclear reactors currently produce about 11 percent of electricity across the globe. Fueled by uranium, a mined metal that seems to be abundant, they don’t produce the greenhouse gases that…
On the fast track: Japan’s newest speeding bullet
It’s futuristic—and ultra-fast. Japan has begun testing its latest bullet train, the ALFA-X, designed to reach speeds as high as 249 miles per hour. Featuring 10 cars and a sleek,…
A breakthrough in transplant medicine
It’s a first: Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel have created a human heart using a 3D printer. Engineered from human cells obtained via biopsies, the heart…
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