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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

A biodegradable adhesive made of entirely naturally derived chemical components that break down after use

Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells

Researchers figure out why gold nanoparticles can penetrate cell walls

Researchers reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells

Functioning Synapse Created Using Carbon Nanotubes

Miracle DNA technology to trace suspects in 90 minutes

Machine learning can help medical decisions and predict outcomes in hospitals

Automating Cybersecurity – Computer, Heal Thyself

High efficiency indoor solar cells to power the internet of things and more

Star Trek’s Vision Becomes Reality with Teleportation of Classic Object

Data Traveling by Light

Royal Society Calls for Redistribution of Wealth and More Birth Control to Save Planet Earth

Engineers develop novel hybrid nanomaterials to transform water purification

Altering or even erasing traumatic memories

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Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

University of South Florida (USF)

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Jacobs School of Engineering

Sichuan University

The polyoxometalate power generator collects the natural atmospheric humidity and produces continuous electrical signals by the uneven distribution and directional movement of ions, realizing efficient collection and utilization of low-value energy. (Image: Nano Research, Tsinghua University Press)

Power from natural atmospheric humidity

A breakthrough to revolutionize polymer plastics recycling

Protecting computers against spy programs with a new cipher system

A new synthetic antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli

Pairing this floating sponge with an oxidizing agent could help destroy harmful algal blooms. Adapted from ACS ES&T Water 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00202

Removing harmful algal blooms with a floating sponge

Junyi Zhao demonstrates using a simple ballpoint pen to write custom LEDs on paper (left). The same pens can be used to draw multicolored designs on aluminum foil (top right) and to create light up sketches (bottom right). (Images courtesy of Wang lab)

Handwritten electronics and devices from a ballpoint pen?

Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Peking University (PKU)

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT)

Tsinghua University (THU)

Tufts University

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute