Story 1: Scientists turn hard-to-recycle plastics into clean hydrogen fuel
Source: Knowridge.com
Link: https://knowridge.com/2025/06/scientists-turn-hard-to-recycle-plastics-into-clean-hydrogen-fuel/
Story 2: Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It
Source: ZME Science Story by Tibi Puiu
Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/terraforming-mars-might-actually-work-and-scientists-now-have-a-plan-to-try-it/
See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02548-0
Story 3: Radiant Raises $165 Million For Development Of ‘World’s First’ Mass Produced Nuclear Reactor
Source: Nucnet.org Story by David Dalton
Link: https://www.nucnet.org/news/radiant-raises-usd165-million-for-development-of-world-s-first-mass-produced-nuclear-reactor-6-1-2025
See also: https://www.radiantnuclear.com/
Story 4: A step closer to the confident production of blood stem cells for regenerative medicine
Source: Eurekalert.org Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona
Link: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083986
Research paper here: https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-abstract/doi/10.1182/blood.2024027742/536680/An-unbiased-genomewide-screen-uncovers-7-genes
Honorable Mentions
Story: Graduate student unveils plant-inspired tech that pulls harmful toxin from air: 'Totally different than what anybody else is doing'
Source: The Cool Down Story by Jon Turi
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/graduate-student-unveils-plant-inspired-tech-that-pulls-harmful-toxin-from-air-totally-different-than-what-anybody-else-is-doing/ar-AA1GbW0G
Story: A fresh new way to produce freshwater: Sonicated carbon nanotube catalysts
Source: Water Online
Link: https://www.wateronline.com/doc/a-fresh-new-way-to-produce-freshwater-sonicated-carbon-nanotube-catalysts-0001
Story: 3D-printed device advances human tissue modeling
Source: WU Medicine [University of Washington] NewsRoom Story by Leila Gray
Link: https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/3d-printed-device-advances-human-tissue-modeling
Story: New MIT Tech Could Cut Oil Refining Energy by 90%
Source: SciTechDaily.com Story by Anne Trafton, MIT
Link: https://scitechdaily.com/new-mit-tech-could-cut-oil-refining-energy-by-90/
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