Show Notes 26 September 2025
Story 1: No sorting needed: Plasma torch shows promise for hassle-free plastic recycling
Source: TechXplore.com
Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-plasma-torch-hassle-free-plastic.html
Story 2: MIT spinoff achieves major milestone in pursuit of limitless energy beneath our feet: 'Could fundamentally change how we power our world'
Source: The Cool Down via MSN.com
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mit-spinoff-achieves-major-milestone-in-pursuit-of-limitless-energy-beneath-our-feet-could-fundamentally-change-how-we-power-our-world/ar-AA1KOf5n
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHcCsFlD2Q
See also: https://www.quaise.com/
Story 3: Scientists build micromotors smaller than a human hair - Tiny light-powered gears could revolutionize medicine by powering machines the size of human cells.
Source: ScienceDaily.com
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250918025025.htm
Research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62869-6
Story 4: New Ultrasound Helmet Reaches Deep Inside the Brain Without Surgery
Source: ScienceAlert.com
Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-ultrasound-helmet-reaches-deep-inside-the-brain-without-surgery
Research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63020-1
Honorable Mentions
Story: NASA Is Testing a Nuclear Battery That Could Last 433 Years
Source: Popular Mechanics
Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65964293/nuclear-battery-433-years/
Story: China’s transparent coating to turn ordinary windows into solar power generators
Source: Interesting Engineering
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/colorless-coating-turn-windows-into-solar-panels
Story: Scientists Pitch Bold Plan to Turn Nuclear Waste Into Nuclear Fuel - Tapping into discarded nuclear waste could help generate a self-sufficient source of a key ingredient for nuclear fusion, a new plan proposes.
Source: Gizmodo
Link: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-pitch-bold-plan-to-turn-nuclear-waste-into-nuclear-fuel-2000643875
Story: Scientists Made ‘Jelly Ice’ That Never Melts. It’s Edible, Compostable and Reusable
Source: ZME Science
Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-made-jelly-ice-that-never-melts-its-edible-compostable-and-reusable/