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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 low-cost, finger-nail sized radar

Diagnosing sepsis in just a few minutes with a new portable device

The virtual cockpit display widens the pilot's field of vision

Airbus patents windowless cockpit that would increase pilots’ field of view

Sustainable energy storage using a seaweed based sodium battery

Transplantation of healthy new brain cells reverses learning and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease model

Transplantation of healthy new brain cells reverses learning and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease model

Robots: Zoobotics

Stem cell research breakthrough in China; Japan stem cell trial approved

Research conducted by Dr. Wei Wang (left) and Dr. Babak Fahimi, director of the Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology Laboratory (REVT), was demonstrated at the recent Department of Energy conference.

Powerful, Possible Next Step in Electric Motors

Roboy, the ambassador of a new generation of intelligent machines, is brought to life

Venture Capitalists Return to Backing Science Start-Ups

DOD pushes development of cheap, portable brain-reading device

Innovation Toronto 3.0

Fast virus detection using nanoparticles

Could you really just grow a table?

A biobased alternative to PET gets much more efficient

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University of Aberdeen

Kyushu University

University of Colorado Boulder

Tokyo University of Science

United States Naval Academy

University of Oklahoma

Arizona State University (ASU)

Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not

Professor Jaime Ross works in her lab in Avedisian Hall with graduate students Lauren Gaspar and Sydney Bartman. The team is investigating the potentially serious neurological impacts of microplastics on mammals.

Can behavioral changes occur as microplastics infiltrate all systems of the body?

The graphs illustrate changes to climate, carbon dioxide concentrations, and clay formation during the MECO. CREDIT ill./©: Alexander Krause

Could blending of crushed rock with arable soil lower global temperatures?

Using machine learning to predict short-term disease progression

Artificial methods of growing lettuce produce twice the amount of the crop as traditional field-based methods

The ALBACOPTER® – a cross between a multicopter and a glider Credit: Fraunhofer IVI

A flying platform that could combine the agility of a multicopter with the efficiency of a glider for transporting goods

Is it possible to stop the spread of viruses during surgeries using electric fields?

The dye rhodamine-B gives the microrobot its orange colour. Its intensity provides information about how warm it is. Astrid Eckert / TUM

The world’s first microrobot capable of navigating within groups of cells and stimulating individual cells

The living material is 3D-printed as a grid-like structure.

Could a 3D-Printed ‘Living Material” Actually Clean Up Contaminated Water

Proof of concept: Currently, the individual cells of the novel battery measure only about 1 x 3 millimeters. Image: Empa

Revolutionary rechargeable batteries that can be charged and discharged in just one minute

Salts form on the surface of the strings. (Photo by Bumper DeJesus)

New vistas for environmentally friendly lithium extraction?

University of California Berkeley

King’s College London (KCL)

Purdue University

University of Bath

Aalborg University

Chonnam National University

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)