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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

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Humans can interact with virtual realities via direct brain stimulation without any usual sensory cures

3D-printed spacecraft parts made and assembled in orbit

Could manure be a key factor to help solve the global drinking water crisis?

Statens Serum Institut

Vaccinating cattle against E.coli O157 could cut human cases by 85%

Image: Photographee.eu

Reducing invasive cancer risk by 61% among adults aged 70+

Experimental Vaccine Targets Malaria Parasite When It Tries to Enter the Bloodstream

Photons on a chip set new paths for secure communications

Enzyme from wood-eating gribble could help turn waste into biofuel

Buildabrand offers startups high-quality branding for the price of a domain

New Power Source: Droplets get a charge out of jumping

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI)

Top: the two-step oxidation of the bis(triarylamines) molecular series. Bottom: the geometry of the highest conducting trimer (n=3) molecule in the molecular junction. Red and blue regions are artistic depictions on the coupling between the two edge states. CREDIT Liang Li/Columbia University

Molecular electronics start to connect with the invention of a highly conductive molecular nanowire

Building a Better Lithium Ion Battery

Could AI be utilized to make democracy fairer?

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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

East China Normal University (ECNU)

Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI)

Shanghai University (SHU)

Dartmouth College

Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES)