⚕️MIT'S new cancer therapy, the 100-the real culprit behind the Jurassic extinction, and a new type of sustainable concrete

Plus: 2 US teens solve impossible 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem with trigonometry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 October 29, 2024 | [Read Online]( INTERESTING ENGINEERING SHOP [[Engineer It Out - Unisex Tee product image] Engineer It Out - Unisex Tee $43.00 $25.99]( [[Engineering Inspiration Mug] F=MA Trucker Hat $25.99 $13.99]( MIT researchers are tackling cancer in the lab as those with advanced cancer undergo several rounds of treatments that aren’t that effective and cause undesirable side effects. Searching for a novel approach, they created miniature particles that can be inserted directly into a tumor that provide two forms of therapy simultaneously: thermal and chemotherapy. Not only could it prevent the side effects commonly associated with intravenous chemotherapy but the two treatments combined could increase a patient’s lifespan more so than as separate treatments. Dive deeper into this [Must-Read](. 🔥Today’s job of the day as featured on [jobs.interestingengineering.com](: >[Â]([Software Engineering Manager]( > [Technical Lead—Systems Engineering]( Reading Time: 4 mins Did a friend forward this e-mail to you? [Subscribe here.]( MUST-READ ⚕️[MIT’s new cancer therapy combines tumor destruction, chemo in single implant]( [Phototherapy]( is an innovative method that targets [tumor cells]( by implanting or injecting [particles]( that are heated by an external laser. But a team from MIT wanted to administer phototherapy and [chemotherapy]( at the same time. They worked molybdenum sulfide, an inorganic substance, that transforms [laser light]( into heat. At a certain temperature, the [heat]([Â]([kills cancer cells](. As this substance melts, it administers a little of the chemotherapy drug. Testing the strategy on mice, the [tumors]( were completely [eradicated](, and they [lived]( much [longer]( than those who received no treatment or who were given chemotherapy and phototherapy as separate treatments. 🦖 [Dinosaurs’ rise 200 million years ago linked to volcanic winter, not fire]( [201.6 million years ago](, the Triassic period ended and the Jurassic began, which was one of the Earth’s major extinction events, killed off ¾ of the Earth. But it did give way to the [rise of the dinosaurs](. Scientists believed that the extinction was caused by a slow build up of greenhouse gases released by [volcanic eruptions](. Well, it turns out, evidence shows, that it wasn’t fire that spawned the great beasts of the ancient past but rather a worldwide freezing known as a [volcanic winter](. Smaller creatures such as early feathered dinosaurs, turtles, lizards, and mammals survived the [rapid cooling]( and ended up flourishing in the [Jurassic period](. 🌬️ [Graphene-infused 3D-printed concrete may slash carbon emissions by 31%]( The University of Virginia just 3D printed a [new type of concrete]( for the purposes of constructing sustainable buildings. The new material is a composite made from limestone, calcined clay cement, and [graphene](. This new concrete is thus far the most successful attempt of its kind as a material and as a 3D printed material, so it makes [3D concrete construction technology]( more sustainable. This [breakthrough]( has the potential to advance the construction industry, enabling the creation of complex structures with [reduced waste]( and [energy consumption](. 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