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Improved early detection and analysis of airborne bacteria and viruses with new liquid-coated air filters

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Princeton researchers have found that human-language descriptions of tools can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic arm lifting and using a variety of tools. Animation by the researchers; GIF by Neil Adelantar

Using words to teach robots

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A winged robot that can land like a bird could significantly expand the scope of robot-assisted tasks

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Hope for alleviating long Covid brain fog using a combination of a combination of guanfacine and N-acetylcysteine

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A nasal spray for sleep apnea?

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A safe, affordable variant-proof Covid drug in pill form

4 months ago

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Professor Andrea Morello explains how the Maxwell's Demon thought experiment was analogous to his team's achievement by selecting only cool electrons for quantum computations. Photo: Richard Freeman/UNSW

Another big step for quantum computing: A 20x improvement method to reset a quantum computer

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A potential tool for protecting crops from mercury pollution and possible mercury remediation

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Needle-free injection technologies use lasers to deliver medication painlessly

January 24, 2022

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Engineering and optimizing a bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide to make valuable industrial chemicals.

February 22, 2022

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Making traffic jams a distant memory with new AI traffic lights

11 months ago

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Storing big data in a small space using little energy

December 28, 2021

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Building a quantum computer atom by atom on silicon

January 17, 2022

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New capability allows the close monitoring of underground activity in geothermal reservoirs and sequestered carbon dioxide locations

October 10, 2021

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How to give the endangered abalone an ultrasound

February 27, 2022

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Take a deep breath: An effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by inhaler

February 9, 2022

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Improved early detection and analysis of airborne bacteria and viruses with new liquid-coated air filters

3 months ago

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Princeton researchers have found that human-language descriptions of tools can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic arm lifting and using a variety of tools. Animation by the researchers; GIF by Neil Adelantar

Using words to teach robots

3 months ago

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A winged robot that can land like a bird could significantly expand the scope of robot-assisted tasks

3 months ago

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Hope for alleviating long Covid brain fog using a combination of a combination of guanfacine and N-acetylcysteine

3 months ago

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A nasal spray for sleep apnea?

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A safe, affordable variant-proof Covid drug in pill form

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Professor Andrea Morello explains how the Maxwell's Demon thought experiment was analogous to his team's achievement by selecting only cool electrons for quantum computations. Photo: Richard Freeman/UNSW

Another big step for quantum computing: A 20x improvement method to reset a quantum computer

4 months ago

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A potential tool for protecting crops from mercury pollution and possible mercury remediation

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Programmable 'molecular scissors' are capable of chopping up Covid-19 virus, University of Cambridge researchers show

Developing a new generation of antiviral drugs using programmable molecular scissors

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“Invisible fibre” can be added to foods to make it healthier without changing its texture, colour or taste

4 months ago

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Scalable thin film transistor-based biosensors. Credit: Ben Woodington

Miniaturised biosensors allow unprecedented real-time data for tracking patients’ health

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Needle-free injection technologies use lasers to deliver medication painlessly

January 24, 2022

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Engineering and optimizing a bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide to make valuable industrial chemicals.

February 22, 2022

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Making traffic jams a distant memory with new AI traffic lights

11 months ago

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Storing big data in a small space using little energy

December 28, 2021

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Building a quantum computer atom by atom on silicon

January 17, 2022

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New capability allows the close monitoring of underground activity in geothermal reservoirs and sequestered carbon dioxide locations

October 10, 2021

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How to give the endangered abalone an ultrasound

February 27, 2022

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Take a deep breath: An effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by inhaler

February 9, 2022

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The smallest-ever human-made flying structure: A winged microchip

September 23, 2021

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“Humans and machine algorithms have complementary strengths and weaknesses,” says study co-author Mark Steyvers (right), UCI professor of cognitive sciences, here with fellow co-author Padhraic Smyth, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of computer science. “Each uses different sources of information and strategies to make predictions and decisions.” Steve Zylius / UCI

New and improved approaches to human-AI collaboration by combining machine and human predictions

March 14, 2022

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Breaking down plastic bottles into component parts using MOFs

12 months ago

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One step toward a revolution in the global ammonia industry that also helps the environment

11 months ago

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Far-UVC light is highly effective at killing airborne viruses and bacteria in real room environments

March 24, 2022

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A new path to a personalized and precisely targeted battle against cancer

12 months ago

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3D printed ultra-compact, high-power heat exchangers

September 14, 2021

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Rapidly detecting infections in wounds with new low-cost sensors

September 12, 2021

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A more nutritious and antioxidant-rich replacement for dairy and eggs in foods?

December 31, 2021

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Using remote sensing to diagnose insect infestations in forests

December 7, 2021

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Quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning can save a lot of lives

January 12, 2022

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Getting us much closer to making fuel cell-powered vehicles and other fuel cell technologies a reality

12 months ago

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Dramatically improving the performances of lithium-oxygen batteries to compete with gas-powered vehicles

February 12, 2022

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A route to inexpensive desalination

February 14, 2022

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MIT researchers have developed a system that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task based on only a handful of human examples. This could allow a human to reprogram a robot to grasp never-before-seen objects, presented in random poses, in about 15 minutes. Courtesy of the researchers

An easier way to teach robots new skills in only 10 to 15 minutes

11 months ago

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A way to make buildings significantly more energy efficient with a new heat storage material

12 months ago

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Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with sustainable aviation fuel derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon emissions by up to 68 percent

October 15, 2021

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A way to use light and oxygen to upcycle polystyrene which makes up one third of landfill waste plastic

12 months ago

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High schoolers developed a filter (the inside of which is shown here) that attaches to a faucet and removes lead from tap water. Credit: Rebecca Bushway

An inexpensive filter developed by high schoolers removes lead from tap water and turns yellow when it needs changing

12 months ago

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No human help needed: Robots perform first laparoscopic surgery without human help

March 25, 2022

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A hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum

11 months ago

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Detecting deepfake videos with up to 99% accuracy

11 months ago

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Restoring soils and ecosystems using micro-organisms

March 6, 2022

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Smartphone disease diagnosis moves closer with a new nanotech imaging tool

11 months ago

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A cure for Lyme disease?

October 16, 2021

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“Smart” natural food packaging infused with a cocktail of natural antimicrobial compounds extends the shelf life of food

December 31, 2021

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Identifying if a patient has cancer and if it has spread with a new blood test

January 6, 2022

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Faster ransomware detection with a new approach to the problem

10 months ago

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A microneedle patch to deliver COVID-19 DNA vaccine without refrigeration

September 23, 2021

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The biofuel process gets much cleaner and less expensive

February 3, 2022

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Reconstructed holographic images of a toy train (top) with holobricks and original image captured by a camera (bottom) Credit: CAPE

Making giant 3D highly realistic holographic images with stackable ‘holobricks’

12 months ago

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No more annual flu shot?

December 27, 2021

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A new gene therapy that might help protect us from cancer and dementia

September 17, 2021

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A chaos-based stream cipher that can withstand attacks from large-scale quantum computers

February 8, 2022

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A cheap new way to capture and convert CO2 greenhouse emissions using liquid metal

October 14, 2021

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Speeding up computation by up to 1000 times at 1 trillion operations per second

September 23, 2021

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Identified: Specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories could really help brain disorders

September 24, 2021

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An inexpensive paper-based test that can rapidly identify multiple types of dangerous bacteria

11 months ago

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Air filters which can kill bacteria, fungi and viruses including SARS-CoV-2 in seconds

March 14, 2022

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Smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing

11 months ago

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High-performance sodium and potassium ion batteries using sustainably sourced cellulose

January 6, 2022

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Ultra-scalable artificial synapse

December 29, 2021

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The novel detection platform is fast, accurate, and performs label-free imaging of virus particles by slowing down light CREDIT Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

Detecting coronavirus using “slow light” to easily visualize viruses using an optical microscope

11 months ago

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A leap-ahead technology for generating terahertz radiation

January 29, 2022

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Brain-inspired computers solve complex learning problems

October 31, 2021

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Solving a key obstacle that has limited widespread adoption of phase-change memory

September 13, 2021

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Extending battery life by 30 percent by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life

January 5, 2022

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A first of its kind: A promising nose spray that could prevent and even treat COVID-19

12 months ago

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New wearable microfluidic sensing technology can provide continuous monitoring for many health conditions

7 months ago

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Predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory medicine, known as P4, gets a big privacy and security boost from cryptography

October 12, 2021

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More sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing by cutting waste and energy usage significantly

November 21, 2021

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Self-cleaning bioplastics that break down rapidly once in soil

February 13, 2022

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$Choetsu up close. A rendering showing the silica layer api titanium nanoparticles spread throughout. These can pro\ bacteria being destroyed in the center. Credit: Hiroi et al.$

Rigid waterproof degradable coating for paper aims to reduce our dependence on plastic

11 months ago

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A biosensor for personalized dosing of medications

September 22, 2021

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The copper thin film was grown using atomic sputtering epitaxy and then the mechanism behind its strong oxidation-resistance was revealed using theoretical models CREDIT Pusan National University

Replacing gold in semiconductor devices with atomically flat thin-film copper that won’t corrode

March 22, 2022

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An oxygen-delivering hydrogel could create a drug-free treatment for chronic wounds

September 7, 2021

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Making plastic more degradable under UV light

10 months ago

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Fast mass screening for Covid in public places could happen with a new breathalyzer

February 3, 2022

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A new indigo dyeing technology for blue jeans that is environmentally friendly

September 20, 2021

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Faster charging and more durable lithium-ion batteries

December 26, 2021

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The BLIO technology explores a "genetic switch" to unlock oil production in microalgae. (Image by LIU Yang and ZHANG Peng)

Doubling the oil production capacity of industrial algae

12 months ago

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1,000 + cycle lithium-sulfur batteries could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

January 15, 2022

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Power-generating windows get solar vells that could last 30 years

September 19, 2021

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A simple and sustainable way to produce hydrogen peroxide from tea and coffee residue

10 months ago

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Optical communication takes a leap that could be compared to switching from older, dial-up internet to modern broadband, with high speed and quality

September 22, 2021

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Plasma-based engineering is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly method of producing antimicrobial surfaces

January 5, 2022

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Disease proteins (target) are attached to a degradation tag (tag). Upon treatment with a tag-binding PROTAC drug, the target is signalled for removal by recruitment of the E3 complex that attaches the degrader signal ubiquitin (Ub).

Reimagining drug discovery

10 months ago

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Silicon particles in a lithium-ion battery protected by a polymer binder mesh Polymer binders can make lithium-ion batteries suitable for practical application in electric vehicles and other advanced electronics such as drones, thanks to the stabilizing effects they have on silicon anodes Image credit: Noriyoshi Matsumi from JAIST.

Significantly increasing the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries

10 months ago

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A dual membrane redox flow battery for large scale energy storage

11 months ago

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Using iron instead of platinum as a catalyst could finally make hydrogen fuel cells affordable

8 months ago

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Making ammonia by combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate achieves a solar-to-fuel efficiency that is 10 times better than any other comparable technology

September 9, 2021

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Modeled SP1-77 binding site on various SARS-CoV-2 variants. (A) The potential footprint of SP1-77 on the modeled RBDs from different SARS-CoV-2 variants in a top view. The RBD was shown in surface representation in gray with the SP1-77 footprint highlighted in green and the mutations in each variant in blue. The Fv region of SP1-77 was shown in ribbon diagram in green. Most mutations on spike variants were not located at the SP1-77 footprint. (B) Side view of a selected panel from A. (C) Structural comparison of the SP1-77 binding interface among the RBDs of wildtype G614, Mu and Omicron variants. The conservative mutation Arg346Lys in Mu preserved the salt bridge between the residue 346 in the RBD and the SP1-77 Asp95. The mutations in Omicron variant reconfigured the local conformation near the N343-glycan, which is on the edge of SP1-77 footprint. The RBD was colored in gray, the SP1-77 heavy chain was colored in green and the light chain was colored in light green. Mutations in the Mu and Omicron variants were shown in stick and ball model in blue.

A new broadly neutralizing antibody neutralizes all known coronavirus variants

7 months ago

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If artificial intelligence is so smart can it play well with others?

October 5, 2021

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Using relativity to secure data transfers

November 4, 2021

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Parts printed with the MF3 prototype using a 0.4 mm diameter nozzle.

A way to 3D print large and complex parts at a fraction of the cost of current methods

8 months ago

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Self-repairing electronics start to get real

January 4, 2022

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L. Boxberger/Fraunhofer IWU Vision of a deployment scenario for safe and powerful robot structures.

Close robotic proximity to humans just got safer and more powerful

March 21, 2022

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The way to build silicon-based quantum devices compatible with current semiconductor manufacturing technology

January 20, 2022

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Robotic surgery performed with no human help

January 28, 2022

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A new non-hormonal contraceptive that stops sperm in its tracks

August 30, 2021

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Quantum headache resolved on the way to the new supercomputer of the future

October 31, 2021

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Ultrathin solar cells get ready to challenge existing technologies

November 22, 2021

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Taking the fight to online hackers with a giant leap towards realizing affordable, accessible quantum communications

August 31, 2021

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Getting more from biomass by combining solar energy and a chemical reactor

December 10, 2021

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Figure 1: Ionic communication: Cross-sectional schematic illustration of an ionic communication device consisting of an implanted transmitter (TX) electrode pair inside biological tissue and a receiver electrode pair (RX) on the surface of the tissue (top left). Frequency responses of ionic communication highlighting is capacity to operate at megahertz frequencies (top right). A 10-link ionic communication transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) array conforming to the surface of an orchid petal (bottom). Credit: Dion Khodagholy/Columbia Engineering

Using the body’s naturally occurring ions to help transmit data from implantable devices

12 months ago

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Repairing or replacing damaged corneas

January 24, 2022

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“Reservoir computing” gets between 33 and a million times faster

September 22, 2021

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Using smart sutures to monitor wounds

December 30, 2021

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A nanoparticle intranasal influenza vaccine

January 29, 2022

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Energy efficient engine systems could soon become an industrial reality for ships

November 5, 2021

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Atmospheric air with low concentrations of carbon dioxide is passed through an aqueous solution of IPDA, where the carbon dioxide rapidly reacts to create a solid product. Carbon dioxide is subsequently re-released with mild heating of the product in suspension, for storage or new applications. CREDIT Tokyo Metropolitan University

An exciting new development for direct air capture of CO2 is twice as fast as existing systems

10 months ago

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A color-coded test that quickly signals whether newly developed nanoparticles deliver their cargo into target cells

January 6, 2022

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