Science Corner

[thaumaturge]

I think worthy of starting a thread. A place for folks to post new science discoveries.

I'll start it off with news of a study on treatment of autism. Study reports a 50% improvement in autism symptoms 2 years after fecal transplant treatment. (Yes, that is what I said: Fecal transplant treatment..)
Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50 percent two years after fecal transplant -- ScienceDaily

The mind boggles
Doc

 

[Tromperie]

The mind boggles

Not mine. Some people are too clean and there are unintended consequences from not being exposed to the environment.

 

[Galu]

Here's a recent environmentally relevant discovery:

Researchers at the US Department of Energy have designed a recyclable plastic that can be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level, and then reassembled into a different shape, texture, and colour again and again without loss of performance or quality.

PDK offers circular solution to plastic waste | The Engineer The Engineer