Volume Snapshot2

Spinoff readies stem cells for medicine

[caption id="attachment_11371" align="alignnone" width="628"] A 3-dimensional image of a network of human blood vessels formed within a hydrogel created by Stem Pharm Inc. The red stain shows endothelial cells organized into vessels; the blue stain…

MIDUS photo PIXABAY

Aging study focuses on midlife

[caption id="attachment_11357" align="alignright" width="388"] MIDUS is a national longitudinal study on aging explicitly focused on midlife, including transitions from young adulthood to midlife, and from midlife into old age. PHOTO: PIXABAY [/caption] MADISON  There are no…

MIT Dematerial 0

Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use

[caption id="attachment_11353" align="alignright" width="639"] An MIT-led study finds that technological advances alone will not bring about dematerialization, or the reduction of the amount of materials needed to produce goods and services.Image: MIT News[/caption] Are humans…

e.Deorbit grabbing debris node full image 2

E.DEORBIT GRABBING DEBRIS

[caption id="attachment_11306" align="alignright" width="624"] Scenario 2[/caption] ESA’s proposed e.Deorbit mission, shown left, using a robotic arm to catch a derelict satellite – the baseline capture method for what would be the world’s first active space…