Story at a glance Measuring the extent of oil slicks on the earth’s oceans can be difficult due to changing wind patterns, tides, and currents. New satellite imaging technology employed by a team of researchers helped chronicle how many slicks are human-induced. Scientists hope effective regulations, similar to those adopted after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
Author: Gianna Melillo | June 16, 2022
Elon Musk’s Boring Company to expand underground tunnels in Las Vegas
Story at a glance Despite hesitations expressed by those who tested the system, The Boring Company received approval to further expand its underground tunnel network in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Convention Center hopes to have its portion of the system up and running by 2023. Previous efforts to install similar networks in Chicago and…
Doctors pull off kidney transplant with no immune-suppressing drugs
For patients who undergo kidney transplants, lifelong immunosuppression via medication is needed to ensure their immune systems do not reject the new organ. This complication is the most common reason patients require second transplants, while immunosuppressive drugs also carry their own increased risks of cancer, diabetes, and infections. However, pediatricians at Stanford Medicine have now…