The first artificial sweetener – Sac Charin – was discovered by accident, when in 1879, Ira Rimsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, saw a sweet substance on his hand after experimenting with various chemicals in a laboratory. Sac Cherin quickly became very popular, mainly because of how cheap it …
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The mineral hackmanite (or tenacious sodalite) is an amazing natural phenomenon that has long been a mystery to scientists – even though we can now engineer synthetic materials that glow in the dark more effectively than anything in nature. Geologists first described the mineral in the 1800s, with its tendency …
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Researchers have discovered a neural overlap between humans and machines that helps explain why what we see in our mind’s eye is different from the information our real eyes process when we observe something in reality. With the help of an fMRI scanner and artificial neural network, an AI engine …
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Not surprisingly, scientists have struggled to find an artificial substitute for natural knee cartilage – it’s a surprising biological substance that combines the properties of a soft cushion and a tough barrier to prevent our busy leg joints from being damaged. But it looks like we’ve made a long-awaited breakthrough: …
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