Editor's Choice: Smiling androids, non-exploding batteries, liver-friendly mushroom & more 🤖

Crossing the uncanny valley, Batteries that don’t explode, Tiny climate change fighters, Liver-friendly mushroom & Foetal defence. Read all in the latest Editor's Choice.
Smiling androids, non-exploding batteries, liver-friendly mushroom & more🤖

Crossing the uncanny valley

A new technology enables androids to show real-time, complex facial expressions from excited to sleepy without unnatural transitions.

Lifelike

Batteries that don’t explode


A triple-layer battery developed in South Korea is resistant to fire and explosion. Its structure enhances safety and lifespan of batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems.
 

Tiny climate change fighters


Genetic analysis of bacteria discovered in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent provides clues on how these microbes can help reduce nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas.
 

Biological sink

Liver-friendly mushroom

An extract of cultured shiitake mushrooms administered during the early stage of hepatitis might hold potential in preventing the onset of cirrhosis, according to a study. 

Foetal defence


A foetus can manage its own immune system and combat diseases and infections like Zika. A new drug could also reduce harmful inflammation in the brain due to infections during pregnancy.
 

In the womb

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