What if you could prevent bedsores without breaking the bank? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bedsores are tissue damage caused by lying in one position for too long. Think hospitals and nursing homes. Current solutions use motorized air pump mattresses to relieve pressure, but
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Pressure is higher, conditions are dire, under the sea! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Deep sea robots face many challenges. The cold and the pressure down below squishes their soft materials, and the bots struggle to move. Guorui Li and team from Harbin Engineering
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Diamonds are forever…and take forever to make! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Diamonds — SO divine! But they take billions of years to form and mining is dangerous. Who can wait that long for luxury? Dougal McCulloch and colleagues at RMIT University in Melbourne,
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Five hundred leagues under the WIND? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Jupiter – it’s one stylish planet! Its red, gold, and orange stripes – formed by violent winds and weather – give it an unmistakable look. For years, scientists have wondered how deep the
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Dum-dum dum da-da dum-dum…You think YOU’RE “under pressure?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The shrimp-like critter, Hirondellea gigas has us all beat! It lives under EXTREME pressure, ten thousand meters deep underwater. How extreme? Eight-hundred times that at sea level! Other crustaceans cannot survive
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