Science News & Tidbits

[Sushubh]

Raymond Damadian, Creator of the First M.R.I. Scanner, Dies at 86 (Published 2022)

Incensed when two others won the Nobel Prize for the science behind the invention, he took out a newspaper ad that called his exclusion a “shameful wrong that must be righted.”

www.nytimes.com

 

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ER = EPR

 

[Sushubh]

Astronomers Find a Dozen More Moons for Jupiter

The discovery of a dozen new moons for Jupiter makes the king of planets the king of moons, too — at least for now.

skyandtelescope.org

 

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$3.5 billion

 

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Ex-Google Employee Turns Seaweed into 100% Dissolvable, Low-Cost Packaging

After quitting her job at Google, Neha Jain launched Zerocircle, a startup that converts seaweed into low-cost, eco-friendly plastic alternatives for packaging and more.

www.thebetterindia.com

 

[mikrotik]

Issue is the cost. There are so many alternatives but at the end of the day, plastic is damn cheap to manufacture

 

[Jonas]

Government can introduce a sustainable packaging tax if they really want to save the environment. So much for the Pradhamantri money extortion schemes, but not a single duck to give to the environment.