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This unassuming material is capable of capturing or releasing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in response to moisture swings.

Pulling carbon dioxide out of the air using moisture

A more efficient way to capture fresh water from the air

Bringing transformative potential to agriculture with a natural technology for ‘dimming’ genes

Staving off coral reef collapse via a new technique

LEGACY DISCOVERIES

Displax ‘skin’ turns virtually any surface into multi-touch display

Disease resistance spreads successfully from modified to wild mosquitoes

Self-driving cars and related technology may be even closer to revolutionizing traffic control than previously thought

Quadrotors perform James Bond theme

Could sustainable development speed up with the help of robotics and autonomous systems?

A new method using nanowires can improve solar cell efficiency to as much as 40 percent and make them much cheaper than today

You Don’t “Own” Your Own Genes

Degrading microplastics with a new nanocoating and sunlight

CO2 Rail Car

Building direct air capture rail cars to utilize railway networks to help mitigate climate change

Could this research culminate in accurate weather forecasting 3-to-4 weeks out?

Can We Be Trained to Like Healthy Foods?

California Board Votes Unanimously to Toughen Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate

New rechargeable flow battery enables cheaper, large-scale energy storage

A new noble metal-free catalyst system as active as platinum

Mayo Researchers Extend Lifespan in Mice by as Much as 35 Percent

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University of Padua (UNIPD)

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

University of Vermont (UVM)

University of Sussex

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

University of Pittsburgh

University of Wollongong

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

King Abdulaziz University

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

Kyung Hee University

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Structures and mechanism of action of Comp-NPs for the diagnosis by imaging and treatment of tumors by multimodal photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy. a) Chemical structures of a polymer incorporating a chromophore for imaging upon irradiation at 808?nm (P1) or a photosensitizer for PDT upon irradiation at 650?nm (P2). b) Self-assembly of the polymers into the nanoparticles NP1 and NP2. The theranostic nanoparticle formulation Comp-NPs is generated by mixing NP1 and NP2. c) Biological mechanism of action of Comp-NPs by combined photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40826-5

New nanoparticles mean that even undetected metastases can be treated

Photo Credit Hopp et al. Scenarios involving different moral categories elicited different patterns of neural activity.

Do distinct moral categories have an underlying neurologic basis?

Hydrogen engine test and development CREDIT Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)

Newly arrived: A 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine)