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Back in 2018, scientists made the key discovery of a bacterium with a natural appetite for PET plastics. Scientists have now used this bacterium as the basis for a newly engineered “super-enzyme” that can digest plastic waste at six times faster.

The RV market is young in China, but a couple of pop-top vans are mixed in with the crazy concepts and EVs of Auto China 2020. The new Maxus RG20 is similar to European pop-tops but with a few features purpose-built for Chinese #vanlife.

Debate is raging about whether ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs had feathers or not. Years ago a study found fossil evidence of protofeathers, but now another team claims the evidence doesn’t stack up, and the creatures were instead bald.

Copper-infused items are trending this year, thanks to their antimicrobial properties, so making face masks with the material built in seems like a good idea. Add one (or ten) of these Copper.Ion Masks to your 2020 safety gear while they're on sale.

When NASA’s newest rover touches down on Mars, it will carry with it a set of mirrors that will serve as targets for future laser-wielding spacecraft. The laser-bouncing tech is similar to that used in the Apollo era, to characterize the Moon.

A new study offers strong evidence linking Alzheimer’s disease and sleep apnea. The research, studying autopsied brain tissue, shows how the protein aggregations seen in Alzheimer’s spread in the same way through the brains of patients with sleep apnea.

Indian is taking on Harley in a new market segment: mini electric motorcycles for kids. The new eFTR Jr looks a fair bit like Indian's famous flat trackers, and packs dual suspension, 15-mph (24-km/h) top speeds and over an hour's riding time.

Although medication does help control seizures in some epilepsy patients, it doesn't have much of an effect on others. A new system is designed to help the latter group, by at least letting them know when seizures are about to occur.

The Cheops exoplanet mission has revealed one of the hottest, most extreme planets orbiting another star. Located 322 light years away in the constellation of Libra, WASP-189 b is an ultra-hot Jupiter with a temperature so high that iron turns to gas.

Not everybody needs powerful computers – mini PCs can be great for work, media centers, or some modest gaming. Minisforum is now unveiling the EliteMini H31G, a small PC with a dedicated GPU that should let it run some more heavy-duty games.

The latest addition to Lenovo's premium X1 range is also the lightest ThinkPad so far, tipping the scales at just 1.99 lb. The X1 Nano is also one of the first to be based on Intel's Evo platform and comes with Tiger Lake Core processor options.

The authors of a new study have found that spinal cord stimulation can not only reduce pain in Parkinson's subjects where other treatments have failed, but also improved motor symptoms in almost three quarters of the patients tested.