Tiny microneedle patch dramatically improves heart attack recovery
A research team led by Dr. Ke Huang at Texas A&M University has created a patch designed to support heart repair following a heart attack. This device uses a specialized…
This Tiny Four-Cylinder Engine Revs to 10,000 RPM
Combustion engines are far from dead, and they could be in production well into the next decade—and beyond. In the last year, we’ve seen automakers recommit to production gas engines…
Tiny implant wipes out bladder cancer in 82% of patients
A new targeted drug delivery system called TAR-200 has shown remarkable results in a phase 2 clinical trial, eliminating tumors in 82% of patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer that…
This Tiny Supercapacitor Could Be the Future of Hybrid Cars
Despite the seemingly never-ending stream of news decrying the reversal of electric vehicle progress, work continues on improving hybrid and EVs. Automakers and independent firms are always researching new ways…
Stanford’s tiny eye chip helps the blind see again
A tiny wireless chip placed at the back of the eye, combined with a pair of advanced smart glasses, has partially restored vision to people suffering from an advanced form…
This tiny butterfly has the most chromosomes of any animal on Earth
The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect…
This Tiny Engine Could Save Internal Combustion. We Talked to the Company’s CEO
Horse Powertrain, a global supplier of powertrain systems, unveiled its latest hybrid and combustion innovations at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich this year. The company supplies parts for leading…
A tiny chip may have solved one of clean energy’s biggest problems
For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in the production of clean hydrogen fuels. Now, a powerful new…
Tiny protein dismantles the toxic clumps behind Alzheimer’s
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital demonstrated for the first time that the protein midkine plays a preventative role against Alzheimer’s disease. Midkine is known to accumulate in Alzheimer’s…
This tiny spacecraft could race to a black hole and rewrite physics
It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole,…