The weekend is so close I can taste it 🥳
But before you make the most of your magic 48, focus in on an extraordinary development in screen technology that could put high-resolution tiny displays in front of your eyes.
It looks like the inaugural From the vault dive into our treasure chest of mind-blowing stories proved popular, so we'll definitely be doing that again. Meanwhile, dip into today's selection – which includes the curious case of a teenager who was rushed to hospital after swallowing a bunch of magnets. Enjoy !
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Headliner
Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality'
by Michael Franco
In what could be an industry shifting breakthrough, researchers have created a screen about the size of a human pupil with a resolution that breaks through the limits of pixels. The invention could radically change virtual reality and other applications.
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Highlights
Illnesses and conditionsBody and Mind
mRNA COVID vaccine during cancer therapy linked to 2x survival rate
by Paul McClure
Getting a COVID shot might do more than protect against the virus – it could also help cancer patients live longer. A new study found that mRNA vaccines were linked to a doubling in three-year survival for those on immunotherapy.
AutomotiveTransport
Tiny 1,000-hp disc motor gains 35% more power even after losing weight
by C.C. Weiss
The axial flux electric motor pioneers at YASA are at it again. Just three months after sending tremors through the electric motor market with an unofficial world-record power density that trounced the nearest competitor, it's bested its own mark.
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Medical DevicesMedical InnovationsBody and Mind
Pioneering eye implant restores reading vision to the blind
by Pranjal Malewar
Stanford researchers and global collaborators have developed a wireless retinal implant called PRIMA that's helping people with untreatable eyesight loss see not just light, but actual shapes and patterns – what scientists call form vision.
ArchitectureTechnology
Asymmetric bridge claims world record for starchitect designer
by Adam Williams
ZHA is nearing completion on a new record-breaking crossing. Billed as the world's longest single-mast asymmetric cable-stayed bridge, its eye-catching form is also designed to "minimize impeding sunset views from popular viewpoints along the river."
Society & CommunityWellness and Healthy LivingBody and Mind
Curious kid hospitalized after swallowing nearly 100 high-powered magnets
by Bronwyn Thompson
A 13-year-old boy was admitted to hospital after four days of abdominal pain – when he then admitted to doctors that he'd swallowed 80-100 small high-powered magnets. It's the latest in a trend that's more serious that what it may first appear to be.
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SpaceScience
China test fires its first reusable heavy rocket
by David Szondy
China showed off its ambitions for space in the 21st century as its first reusable heavy booster, the ZhuQue-3 (ZQ-3) Y1 from the Landspace company, conducted its first static firing at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Consumer TechTechnology
I'm weirdly into HMD's pint-sized not-quite-a-smartphone
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
The trouble with trying to switch to a smaller phone that's easier to hold and less distracting to use is, you don't have a lot of compelling options. HMD's tiny Touch 4G isn't billed as a solution to doomscrolling, but it's on the right track.
Mental HealthBrain HealthBody and Mind
Stopping long-term prescription opioids doesn’t increase suicide risk
by Paul McClure
New research challenges fears about stopping long-term prescription opioid use, uncovering no associated rise in suicide risk and a sharp drop in overdose death. The findings offer reassurance for clinicians and patients managing chronic pain.
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