Carbon Capture, Cardiac Arrest, and Cancer: NOVA Next Week in Review

ByAllison EckSaturday, December 12, 2015 NOVA NextNOVA Next

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Combining two proven technologies could turn the dirtiest coal plants into climate-saving terraforming machines. NOVA Next editor Tim De Chant

reports the story.

In other news:

Neuroscientists have solved the decades-old mystery of how our bodies stop moving.
Deforestation in China has slowed, but
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demand for wood remains high , putting pressure on forests in other countries.
Einstein wasn’t just a student of the universe. He was also a man of this world , launching tireless attacks on any form of discrimination.
Doctors have finally decided when a mole is benign and when it’s cancerous.
Injecting ice cold saline can protect the brains of cardiac arrest patients.
Q-carbon has a laundry list of unusual but extraordinarily useful properties.

Where are all the autistic adults ? Here’s what happened to them. [Spectrum News]
One of the key technologies for autonomous vehicles—LiDAR—cost $75,000 in 2007. Today, it costs less than $250 . [Washington Post]
Chikungunya may cause more than debilitating aches and pains—it can lead to potentially deadly encephalitis . [NPR]

Photo credit: Tim De Chant