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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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New Design for Motorcycle Engines Powered by Compressed Air

Eliminating turbulence can save as much as 95 percent of the energy required to pump a fluid through a pipe -oil – water etc.

Samsung to Sell Phones With Flexible Screens Next Year

NASA Investigates Use of ‘Trailblazing’ Material for New Sensors

A Computer Per Student Leads to Higher Performance Than Traditional Classroom Settings

You may never need to clean your car again thanks to new coating technology

Next-generation solar cells mimic photosynthesis

Paper assay: This approach is used to prepare a paper assay that can tell whether a common drug used to treat malaria is genuine. Credit: (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University)

New assay to spot fake malaria drugs could save thousands of lives

Restoring Happiness in People With Depression

White House Petitioned to Make Research Free to Access

Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious

Time travel is possible – do the math

A new compound has the potential to fight the parasites that cause sleeping sickness and Chagas disease

Better Living through Mindfulness

How disruptive technologies can help keep the health care team and the patient on track

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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)

Washington State University (WSU)