Solar Rails, Gold Eye Injections, and Lab-Grown Teeth w/ Ralph Bond

Show Notes 9 May 2025

Story 1: World’s first railway track-mounted solar plant open to rail traffic

Source: PV Magazine

Link: https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/04/28/sun-ways-inaugurates-removable-pv-plant-on-railway-tracks/

See research paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772671123001249#fig0002

See also: https://www.sun-ways.ch/en

Story 2: New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

Source: MIT News

Link: https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-electronic-skin-could-enable-lightweight-night-vision-glasses-0423

See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08874-7

Story 3: Gold Injections in The Eye May Be the Future of Vision Preservation

Source: Science Alert

Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/gold-injections-in-the-eye-may-be-the-future-of-vision-preservation

See research paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c14061

Story 4: Lab-grown teeth could offer an alternative to fillings and implants, scientists say

Source: Live Science

Link: https://www.livescience.com/health/lab-grown-teeth-could-offer-alternative-to-fillings-and-implants-scientists-say

See research paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00520

Honorable Mentions

Story: World's first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet

Source: Live Science

Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/worlds-first-operating-system-for-quantum-computers-unveiled-it-can-be-used-to-manage-a-future-quantum-internet

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