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Spray-on sensory system which consists of printed, bio-compatible nanomesh directly connected with wireless Bluetooth module and further trained through meta-learning CREDIT: Kyun Kyu “Richard” Kim, Bao Group, Stanford U.

A spray-on electrically active smart skin can rapidly decipher typing, sign language, even the shape of a familiar object

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Meta-Optics: The disruptive technology set to bring the stuff of science-fiction stories into everyday devices

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Caption:Researchers came up with a way to efficiently plan physically plausible assembly motions and sequences for real-world assemblies. Credits:Image courtesy of MIT CSAIL.

A new algorithm for the automatic assembly of products encompassing thousands of objects

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The ice plant succulent shown here can become a living solar cell and power a circuit using photosynthesis. Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15123

Living plant bio-solar cells create electricity from photosynthesis

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PhD researcher Yemima Ehrnst holding the acoustic device the research team used to boost the hydrogen production, through electrolysis to split water. Credit: RMIT University

Boosting hydrogen production: Using high-frequency vibrations to release 14 times more hydrogen compared with standard electrolysis

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The thin-film solar cells weigh about 100 times less than conventional solar cells while generating about 18 times more power-per-kilogram. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT

Ultra thin ultra light fabric photovoltaics would only add about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to the roof of a house

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Using a beam of harmless infrared light and an algorithm to detect malaria

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In nature when wood dries out from being soaked, it gives off an electrical charge. Researchers at KTH in Sweden showed that if the wood's composition is nanoengineered the right way, the phenomenon can be turned into a power source. CREDIT: David Callahan/KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Who knew? Harvesting electricity from wood soaking in water

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A fully off-grid photochemistry system enables fine chemical production in the most remote locations on Earth

October 15, 2021

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A self-cleaning plastic pathogen-repellent wrap sheds both bacteria and viruses

February 28, 2022

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Sunlight powered lasers

January 26, 2022

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Producing eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors with fallen leaves

January 30, 2022

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Could manure be used to make clean drinking water?

October 21, 2021

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Schematic diagram of the preparation of the wood nanocellulose-derived nano-semiconductor with customizable electrical properties and 3D structures

Opening the door for sustainable electronics that are completely derived from plant materials

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Image reconstruction computing allowing for a lens-less camera, which is ultra-thin, lightweight, and low-cost

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A promising approach to controlling methane emissions and removing it from the air

January 11, 2022

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Spray-on sensory system which consists of printed, bio-compatible nanomesh directly connected with wireless Bluetooth module and further trained through meta-learning CREDIT: Kyun Kyu “Richard” Kim, Bao Group, Stanford U.

A spray-on electrically active smart skin can rapidly decipher typing, sign language, even the shape of a familiar object

3 months ago

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Meta-Optics: The disruptive technology set to bring the stuff of science-fiction stories into everyday devices

3 months ago

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Caption:Researchers came up with a way to efficiently plan physically plausible assembly motions and sequences for real-world assemblies. Credits:Image courtesy of MIT CSAIL.

A new algorithm for the automatic assembly of products encompassing thousands of objects

3 months ago

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The ice plant succulent shown here can become a living solar cell and power a circuit using photosynthesis. Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15123

Living plant bio-solar cells create electricity from photosynthesis

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PhD researcher Yemima Ehrnst holding the acoustic device the research team used to boost the hydrogen production, through electrolysis to split water. Credit: RMIT University

Boosting hydrogen production: Using high-frequency vibrations to release 14 times more hydrogen compared with standard electrolysis

3 months ago

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The thin-film solar cells weigh about 100 times less than conventional solar cells while generating about 18 times more power-per-kilogram. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT

Ultra thin ultra light fabric photovoltaics would only add about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to the roof of a house

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Using a beam of harmless infrared light and an algorithm to detect malaria

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In nature when wood dries out from being soaked, it gives off an electrical charge. Researchers at KTH in Sweden showed that if the wood's composition is nanoengineered the right way, the phenomenon can be turned into a power source. CREDIT: David Callahan/KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Who knew? Harvesting electricity from wood soaking in water

4 months ago

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Researchers tested their food-safe antibacterial spray on foods including beef and romaine lettuce. CREDIT: McMaster University

Phage sprays: A powerful new weapon against contamination and infection

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Fraunhofer CPM und Fraunhofer ICT/Moritz Walter, Sandra Pappert How the switchable heat storage module works: Targeted activation of the supercooled phase change material (left) makes it possible to release the heat which has been stored in the material over a long period of time with virtually no loss.

Saving 40 percent on cooling energy with programmable home insulation to replace air conditioning

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Using plants to produce nanobodies that quickly block emerging pathogens in human medicine and agriculture

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In the future, electric vehicles could boost renewable energy growth by serving as “energy storage on wheels” — charging their batteries from the power grid as they do now, as well as reversing the flow to send power back and provide support services to the grid. Image: Ehsan Faridi and Ehsan Keshavarzi/Inmywork Studio

The logic behind using electric vehicles as large scale storage for the grid

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A fully off-grid photochemistry system enables fine chemical production in the most remote locations on Earth

October 15, 2021

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A self-cleaning plastic pathogen-repellent wrap sheds both bacteria and viruses

February 28, 2022

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Sunlight powered lasers

January 26, 2022

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Producing eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors with fallen leaves

January 30, 2022

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Could manure be used to make clean drinking water?

October 21, 2021

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Schematic diagram of the preparation of the wood nanocellulose-derived nano-semiconductor with customizable electrical properties and 3D structures

Opening the door for sustainable electronics that are completely derived from plant materials

11 months ago

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Image reconstruction computing allowing for a lens-less camera, which is ultra-thin, lightweight, and low-cost

11 months ago

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A promising approach to controlling methane emissions and removing it from the air

January 11, 2022

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The potential of precision fermentation technology to increase the sustainability of protein production

January 8, 2022

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Making important raw materials for fine chemicals out of carbon dioxide really works

January 13, 2022

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A portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps

11 months ago

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Computational model of gold nanoparticle functionalized with left-handed enantiomers of cysteine and phenylalanine CREDIT: André Farias de Moura

Vaccines can be made over 25 percent more effective by adding left-handed chiral gold nanoparticles

11 months ago

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A new material could replace rare metals and lead to more economical production of carbon-neutral fuels

February 26, 2022

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Real cybersecurity using only a single quantum bit gets real

11 months ago

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A deep learning algorithm to identify bacteria in seconds instead of hours

March 5, 2022

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New micro flying robot does away with the need for conventional motors and gears

February 6, 2022

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A new process to recover rare earth elements from waste

February 10, 2022

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MIT engineers developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons remotely treat patients experiencing stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons may control a robotic arm at another hospital to operate on a patient. Courtesy of the researchers

Treating stroke remotely with a joystick-operated robot during the critical time window after a stroke begins

12 months ago

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Small-scale regenerative ocean farms

February 25, 2022

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A new liquid metal-alginate ink can be 3D printed directly onto clothing, producing smart clothes that sense touch, monitor motion, interact with computers and manage temperature.

The dawn of 3D printing smart clothes?

12 months ago

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Selectively turning on RNA therapies in human cells

November 1, 2021

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Cooking 3D printed food with lasers

September 17, 2021

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Shrinking a terahertz radiation source to a size useable in a smartphone opens huge opportunities

January 14, 2022

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Customized to the patient: Novel plug-and-play organ on a chip

11 months ago

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Developing living construction materials

December 26, 2021

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Anticancer drugs that assemble inside the body to avoid indiscriminate tissue damage could be the next big thing in cancer therapies

January 11, 2022

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Sonogenetics could allow non-invasive versions of deep brain stimulation, pacemakers and insulin pumps

February 12, 2022

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Growing plants in soil from the moon: A First

11 months ago

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Using electrical field treatment to treat cancer

12 months ago

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Miniaturized holographic camera sensor modules could enable hologram capture on smartphones and mobile devices

January 7, 2022

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Could using AI with smart thermostats achieve indoor energy savings of between 26 and 49 percent?

January 11, 2022

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Using AI to monitor the world’s oceans and alien ocean worlds

December 12, 2021

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Testing self-eliminating genes on mosquitoes

11 months ago

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Mimicing the information processing mechanism of the human nervous system with artificial sensory neurons

12 months ago

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The research team developed a new technology combining nanogold and peptides that can restore both heart function and electrical conductivity

Could a spritz of super-tiny particles of gold and peptides repair a damaged heart?

March 16, 2022

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3D printing of personalized pharmaceuticals using a smartphone

December 10, 2021

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Artist Ella Marushenko’s interpretation of the Josephson Diode effect. The image shows a computer chip made from a few layers of atoms (blue and white spheres) comprising the Josephson Diode. The green pairs of spheres represent superconducting pairs of electrons moving in one direction, while the orange spheres represent normal conducting single electrons moving in the opposite direction across the Josephson Diode.

Impossible no more: A one-way superconductor

11 months ago

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Using biowaste to create solar cells from glass and wood

November 4, 2021

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Charged supercapacitor Power Suits for electric vehicles and spacecraft

11 months ago

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A handheld device being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology can scan skin and detect different types of skin cancer, such as carcinoma (left), squamous cell carcinoma (middle), and actinic keratosis (right).

Painlessly identifying skin cancers with a new hand-held scanning device

11 months ago

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Medicines can be printed in seven seconds in a new 3D-printing technique that could enable rapid on-site production of medicines

March 26, 2022

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Paraffin wax-coated sand is an extremely water-repellant material, which keeps soil wet and increases crop yields in arid environments. Credit: Adapted from ACS Agricultural Science &Technology 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00148

Improving crop yields substantially in arid regions by using wax-coated sand to keep soil wet longer

March 17, 2022

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Self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial hands and other soft robotics applications

February 25, 2022

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Controlling crop diseases with smart soil bugs instead of chemicals

January 19, 2022

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A brilliant and tasty way to prevent pharmaceutical fraud

11 months ago

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Breakthrough: A mask that instantaneously deactivates SARS-COV-2

September 20, 2021

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A reliable and renewable way to power small devices for the Internet of Things with algae, sunlight and water

11 months ago

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Efforts to increase CO2 uptake in plants to benefit the climate

November 20, 2021

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At the intersection of engineered materials and computation, spin-glass systems comprise a disordered system of nanomagnets arising from random interactions and competition between two types of magnetic order in the material. Credit: Jenna Maria Rantala, Aalto University

A new paradigm in artificial intelligence?

March 24, 2022

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LED illuminated nets reduce bycatch of sharks and skates by an incredible 95 percent while maintaining catch rates of target species

January 23, 2022

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The simple experiment in pictures. A drop of water by the bottle of salt and suddenly a lot of heat is released. Photo: Vincent van den Hoogen

Could a heat battery based on simple salts and water quickly make millions of homes gas-free

11 months ago

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A potential gamechanger to the problem of PPE waste filling landfills and polluting oceans and rivers

February 19, 2022

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The depressed brain encourages rigid thought patterns that impact well-being. This can be viewed as a “landscape” with deep wells that make it difficult for patients to “move between” different thoughts and perspectives. Image by Richard Daws, Kings College London

Rewiring the brain for people with depression using psilocybin

12 months ago

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Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter

February 10, 2022

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It is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain

11 months ago

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A COVID-19 Nasal Vaccine?

September 17, 2021

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Could selective breeding produce heat-tolerant corals?

August 31, 2021

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Using electricity to inexpensively make pharmaceuticals and other natural products

11 months ago

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Illustration shows the concept of collective wind farm flow control. Existing utility-scale wind turbines are operated to maximize only their own individual power production, generating turbulent wakes (shown in purple) which reduce the power production of downwind turbines. The new collective wind farm control system deflects wind turbine wakes to reduce this effect (shown in orange). This system increased power production in a three-turbine array in India by 32 percent. Image: Victor Leshyk

A new algorithm can boost the output of the world’s existing fleet of wind turbines by 1.2 percent

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Nanoparticles (top image) efficiently break down pollutants and are magnetic, making them easily recoverable for reuse (bottom image). Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c23466

Magnetic reusable nanoparticles can clean wastewater filters repeatedly and effectively

11 months ago

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A self-injecting pill taken orally could deliver similar or even better results comparable to standard injections

September 3, 2021

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Berkeley Lab researcher Peter Agbo was awarded a grant for a carbon capture project under the Lab’s Carbon Negative Initiative. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Accelerating CO2 capture in oceans with bacteria

10 months ago

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Drone archery. Credit: Pavel Odinev/Skoltech

How to enable a user with no drone piloting experience to deploy an entire swarm within mere seconds

5 months ago

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A heat transfer discovery that uses ice to boil water

January 23, 2022

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A way to stop fossil fuels causing global warming?

October 28, 2021

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A cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems

January 27, 2022

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A new drug-delivery system uses engineered DNA-free virus-like particles to fight cholesterol

February 19, 2022

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A supercapacitor is similar to a rechargeable battery but the main difference is in how the two devices store charge. A battery uses chemical reactions to store and release charge, whereas a supercapacitor does not rely on chemical reactions. Instead, it relies on the movement of electrons between electrodes, so it takes longer to degrade and has a longer lifespan. CREDIT Gabriella Bocchetti

A environmentally friendly supercapacitor that captures CO2 while charging

10 months ago

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The 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer used in Prof. Xu’s lab. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

Using ultrasound to partially break up tumors non-invasively so they won’t come back

11 months ago

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Honey can be used for creating renewable and biodegradable neuromorphic chips and systems

12 months ago

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(from left to right) Dr Wu Shifan, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Solutions, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU and Professor Chu Jian, Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU holding up blocks of biocement made from urea and carbide sludge. CREDIT Credit to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Creating biocement from waste as an alternative to regular cement

11 months ago

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Is cosmic concrete made from space dust and astronaut blood the basis for habitats on the Moon and Mars?

September 13, 2021

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Turning back the clock on carbon emissions by 20 years via the relocation of farmland

March 10, 2022

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Wireless power beaming for small satellites in lower Earth orbit

January 28, 2022

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Turning methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light: The ‘holy grail of catalysis’

9 months ago

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Successfully repairing severe spinal cord injuries in animals with just one injection

November 13, 2021

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Can carbon dioxide be very simply converted into sustainable materials that could store hydrogen fuel?

October 7, 2021

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Early identification of COPD exacerbations can be managed via the myCOPD mobile app CREDIT: my mHealth Ltd

Using an AI mobile phone app to accurately detect COVID-19 infection in people’s voices

7 months ago

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Replacing conventional chemical fertilizers with engineered bacterial strains

February 18, 2022

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New hope for low-cost Dengue diagnostics

12 months ago

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Overcome: A major hurdle to the restoration of hearing

11 months ago

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The new drone with a fish-inspired suction disc hitchhikes on moving objects to save power and can quickly transition between air and water. Illustration: Beihang University / Science Robotics

A new robot is capable of switching from an underwater drone to an aerial vehicle in less than one second

10 months ago

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Using AI controlled electrical brain stimulation to treat a variety of severe mental illnesses

November 2, 2021

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A promising future alternative for storing green energy: Information Batteries

February 7, 2022

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Could a special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone be the key to new light-based quantum computers?

Could a special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone be the key to new light-based quantum computers?

11 months ago

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A single DNA test for over 50 genetic neurological and neuromuscular diseases in days not decades

March 5, 2022

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Pores in this micron-scale particle, the result of pyrolyzing in the presence of potassium acetate, are able to sequester carbon dioxide from streams of flue gas.Courtesy of the Tour Group

Here’s another thing to do with that mountain of used plastic: make it soak up excess carbon dioxide

12 months ago

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Towards a real Tricorder: Combining infrared light and machine learning to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms arise

October 10, 2021

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Visible light triggers molecular machines to treat infections

10 months ago

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The device generates electricity at night from the temperature difference between the solar cell and its surroundings. CREDIT: Sid Assawaworrarit

Solar cells that provide night time power?

12 months ago

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Maximizing the performance and efficiency of structures—everything from bridges to computer components

January 25, 2022

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A new source of vitamin D from gene-edited tomatoes

10 months ago

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A new enzyme variant breaks down plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days

11 months ago

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The lab-based prototype lidar system that the research team built, which successfully captured megapixel-resolution depth maps using a commercially available digital camera. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)

Enabling simple cameras to see in 3D and more

12 months ago

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A first step towards genuine plastic recycling?

12 months ago

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A world-first antibody-drug delivery system

December 8, 2021

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Assembling and expanding the first-ever global audio collection of aquatic life

February 20, 2022

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An MIT team has designed an “acoustic fabric,” woven with a fiber that is designed from a “piezoelectric” material that produces an electrical signal when bent or mechanically deformed, providing a means for the fabric to convert sound vibrations into electrical signals. Image: Greg Hren

A new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals

March 17, 2022

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Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Schematic illustration of ??wirelessly charging a body-implanted electronic device using an ultrasonic probe

Wireless charging of batteries underwater or in body-implanted electronic devices using ultrasonic waves

11 months ago

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Image originally appeared in Nature Communications

Could direct sound printing revolutionize 3D printing and enable remote in-body printing for humans and other animals?

10 months ago

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