Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Tech: Beer yeast for recycling e-waste

May 14—This week, waste-recycling beer yeast, a high-altitude balloon that will help astrophysicists search for antimatter's source, and autonomous logging machines designed to make forestry safer. All that and more below!

-Ben Guarino, Associate Editor, Technology


After Brewing Beer, Yeast Can Help Recycle Metals from E-waste

This beer-making by-product could offer a sustainable way to isolate metals for recycling electronic waste

Meet HELIX, the High-Altitude Balloon That May Solve a Deep Cosmic Mystery

Every now and then, tiny particles of antimatter strike Earth from cosmic parts unknown. A new balloon-borne experiment launching this spring may at last find their source

Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No

Costs are skyrocketing to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Instead of turning a blind eye, Congress should demand fiscal oversight and make hard decisions balancing costs with deterrence

The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full of Trash

Deepfake images, a delayed spaceflight, the troubles with space junk and a blast from our past for your Monday review of science news.

An Autonomous Logging Machine Could Make Forestry Safer

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

AI Therapy Bots Have Risks and Benefits and More Risks

Therapy chatbots are increasingly popular and may benefit some people, but it's dangerous to trust AI during a mental health crisis

Medical 'Digital Twins' Will Lead the Way to Personalized Medicine

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

NASA's Plans for Next-Generation Mars Helicopters Are Up in the Air

After the spectacular success of the first-ever "Marscopter," mission planners have soaring ambitions for follow-up flying machines

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Today in Science: Humans think unbelievably slowly

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