News of the week selected by Impactscool – October 14th
14 October 2019 | Written by La redazione
A Malaysian startup has developed an adhesive that can extend the life of apples, pears, avocados, kiwis, oranges and mangoes up to a maximum of fourteen days. To do this it uses the coating made of natural wax and ingredients of vegetable origin to create a protective layer on food, capable of slowing down its perishability.
Goodbye dressing rooms, 3D scanners arrive
VTO (Virtual Try-On) is a particularly fitting room. It has no curtains or walls and you don’t need to bring the clothes you want to try. Just enter it, follow the on-screen instructions and then obtain a very precise 3D body scan that allows you to view in real time how various items of clothing would fit on you.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by lithium battery
Lithium batteries have existed for almost 50 years, and only today its creators, John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have been awarded for their very important discovery with the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Developed in the late 1970s, lithium batteries have seen a steady improvement in their capabilities and performance to become those small and reliable energy cells that power our smartphones, our laptops and, with the explosion of renewables, more and more devices ranging from electric cars to electric scooters.
The Moon is an inhospitable place. The lack of an atmosphere makes it difficult for humans to remain on its surface. Scientists have long been working to find a way to extract oxygen from the regolith, the dark dust that covers the Moon. Several procedures have been found in the past, but all were incredibly expensive and inefficient. A research group from the University of Glasgow has identified a procedure that would allow not only to extract oxygen from lunar soil, where our preferred gas is found in large quantities but linked to the material with very strong bonds, but also to create, as by-product, metals that could be used in future lunar colonies.
