Bill Gates says he buys green aviation fuel, uses solar panels on his homes and eats synthetic meats

Bill Gates says he buys green aviation fuel, uses solar panels on his homes and eats synthetic meats to reduce his carbon footprint as he stresses the importance of consuming less Writing on Reddit during his 9th Ask Me Anything, the billionaire fielded an assortment of questions about climate change  He was asked how the … Read more

Cotton face masks are more effective against Covid-19 than synthetic coverings

Cotton face masks are more effective against Covid-19 than synthetic coverings as the humidity in your BREATH helps the fabric to trap particles, study finds Cotton masks get better at filtering out particles when exposed to humid breath  The fibres absorb water and improve filtration by between 12 and 45 per cent Cotton masks are better at filtering … Read more

David Beckham invests in synthetic cannabis company that makes athletic recovery products

David Beckham invests in synthetic cannabis company that makes athletic recovery products By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:37 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 4 February 2021 David Beckham is backing a company making synthetic cannabis to be used in skincare and athletic recovery products. Cellular Goods, which the former England star has invested … Read more

Prosthetics hope as synthetic skin ‘can repair itself 5,000 times’

Strong, stretchy and sensitive synthetic skin that can repair itself up to 5,000 times has been developed and could be used in future prosthetics, experts claim.   Known as ‘electronic skin’ or ‘e-skin’, it has been developed by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The team say that in future … Read more

Synthetic skin that ‘can repair itself 5,000 times’ could be used in future prosthetics 

Strong, stretchy and sensitive synthetic skin that can repair itself up to 5,000 times has been developed and could be used in future prosthetics, experts claim.   Known as ‘electronic skin’ or ‘e-skin’, it has been developed by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The team say that in future … Read more

Scientists create a synthetic soft surface with human tongue-like textures using 3D printing 

Scientists claim to have created the first ever synthetic tongue using 3D printing.  The ‘biometric tongue’, developed in the UK, mimics the elasticity, wettability and unique rough texture of a real human tongue with its synthetic silicone structure.  Experts took digital scans of real human tongues to 3D-print their artificial material, which could be used … Read more

Microplastics: Washing clothes releases 175,000 TONS of synthetic fibres on to land every year

Microplastic pollution is not just damaging the oceans: Washing clothes releases 175,000 TONS of synthetic fibres on to land every year, study finds US experts analysed the amount of microfibers made and released each year They also considered how fibres are processed at wastewater treatment plants Here, the tiny threads of plastic end up in sludge for … Read more

A third of microplastic pollution in the oceans come from fibres shed by synthetic fabrics

Clothing is more prone to shredding microscopic plastic fibres into our waterways if it has been manufactured using scissors, a new study reveals.   In experiments, scissor-cut textiles shed up to 31 times more micro-fibres than laser-cut textiles, Swiss researchers found.  When clothes are washed, or items are discarded as litter, tiny fibres are released and … Read more

Researchers make chip with synthetic brain synapses that may bring supercomputing to mobile devices

MIT researchers say chip with thousands of artificial brain synapses that is smaller than a piece of confetti could bring supercomputing capabilities to mobile devices Researchers fit tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on one chip The confetti-sized chip may bring supercomputing to handheld devices It used ‘memory’ to reproduce images according to a … Read more

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfie’ for socially-distant photos

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfies’ tech that stitches together images taken remotely and could enable socially-distant photo shoots The tech would take a group’s selfies and combine them into one image The system could enable socially-distant group selfies  A patent suggests the technology could combine images automatically Images could also be arranged manually by a user  … Read more