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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

Are major shifts taking place in phytoplankton populations that form the base of the ocean’s food web?

New way to store solar energy could lead to more common solar cell usage

Defective nanotubes turned into light emitters

Dragonfly eye inspired solar collector design

Nanotech weapon against chronic bacterial infections

No More Boring Resumes: Seelio Lets College Students Showcase Their Work & Helps Employers Find Them

Does psilocybin tamp down the brain’s ego center?

Cellular agriculture produces coffee that smells and tastes like conventional coffee

After feeding at depth, sperm whales off the coast of Sri Lanka return to the surface — and poop. This “whale pump” provides many nutrients, in the form of feces, to support plankton growth. It’s one of many examples of how whales maintain the health of oceans described in a new scientific paper by UVM’s Joe Roman and nine other whale biologists from around the globe. (Photo: Tony Wu)

Whales as Ecosystem Engineers

Spotlight on Science Diplomacy

Is this the way to build a cure for heart attacks?

Google tests balloons to beam internet from near space

RFID Parcel Sensor Knows If Your Delivery Has Been Dropped

Algae nutrient recycling is a triple win

A secret weapon in the battle against climate change?

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3D illustration of corona virus coronavirus COVID-2019 in microscope via Clinical Services Journal

AI tool helps to take a big step towards designing vaccines and therapies that are future-proof

University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)

The integration of biology and microelectronics using silk-based hybrid transistors

Causes of hydrogen generation and incessant accumulation within the cell in the aqueous rechargeable batteries CREDIT Korea Institute of Science and Technology

A breakthrough technology for the commercialization of cheaper, safer aqueous rechargeable batteries

Precooling homes in the middle of the day using renewable energy in the middle of the day can make a big difference

Fighting food waste: New system uses wireless signals in the sub-terahertz band to determine fruit ripeness

University of Toronto

Harnessing 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel using only solar energy

Harnessing 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel using only solar energy

The high-temperature electrothermal process is beneficial to soil fertility, with experiments showing germination rates improve by 20-30% in remediated soil. (Image courtesy of Tour lab/Rice University)

A rapid high-temperature process that removes heavy metals, organic contaminants from soils

A different way to generate electricity: Molecular thermal motion harvester devices

A schematic of ISOOS. CREDIT W. Xu, J. L. Li, Y. P. Li, H. F. Chen, S. Q. Yang, J. B. Zeng, Y. H. Wang. Networks of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Exploration: Advances and Prospects. Science and Technology Foresight, 2022, 1(2): 60-78.

Autonomous intelligent oceanic exploration is upon us

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Duke University

Artistic rendering of a photonic chip with both light and radio frequencies encoding data. Credit: B.Dong/University of Oxford.

Hardware processing for AI goes 3D resulting in 100-times enhancement in energy efficiency and compute density

Images created in DALL·E

Could quantum computing and artificial intelligence yield true generative AI?

Simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve

Laboratory plants, normally green, turn red in the presence of a toxic pesticide. (Sean Cutler/UCR)

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe?

Automated emotion recognition grows closer

Prussian blue could safely remove nanoplastics from water

Schematic illustration of comprehensive and combination RA therapy by Ce-MSCNV nanoparticles. Ce-MSCNVs scavenge the over-produced ROS in an RA knee joint, induce M1 to M2 macrophage polarization for immediate relief of inflammation and symptoms, modulate DCs into tDCs, and finally induce Tregs. CREDIT Institute for Basic Science

New effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis utilizing a nanoparticle-based system as a solution

Researchers from MIT and Northeastern University developed a liquid crystal elastomer fiber that can change its shape in response to thermal stimuli. The fiber, which is fully compatible with existing textile manufacturing machinery, could be used to make morphing textiles, like a jacket that becomes more insulating to keep the wearer warm when temperatures drop. Credits:Credit: Courtesy of the researchers

Shape shifting morphing fabrics

A research team member who is blind uses acoustic touch to locate and reach for an item on the table. Photo: Lil Deverell CC-BY 4.0

This technology has the potential to transform the lives of those who are blind or have low vision

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Rowan University

UC Davis researchers find adding crushed volcanic rock to farmlands can remove carbon dioxide from the air. This'enhanced' rock weathering works even in dry climates. (Amy Quinton/UC Davis)

Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air