- The world’s largest marine protected area (MPA) has been established in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.
- A 1.55 million km area of the Ross Sea will have special protection from human activities such as commercial fishing.
- The NASA has developed a new high-tech electroactive bandage that uses electricity to significantly promote healing of injured wounds.
- The high-tech bandage creates an electric charge to promote the healing process of wounds in space especially in conditions of non-Earth gravity. Need In conditions of non-Earth gravity, human blood displays quite different behaviour from that on Earth.