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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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Can Bitcoin Conquer Argentina?

VIDEO: Carbon ‘candy floss’ could help prevent energy blackouts

Swiss satellite being sent to clean up the mess in outer space

New technique for precise light-activated chemotherapy drugs

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Treating Lou Gehrig’s Disease

A new more environmentally friendly sodium battery solves both the dendrite problem and recharges as quickly as a lithium-ion battery

Microscopic view of the engineered bone with an opening exposing the internal trabecular bony network, overlaid with colored images of blood cells and a supportive vascular network that fill the open spaces in the bone marrow-on-a-chip. Credit: James Weaver, Harvard’s Wyss Institute.

Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled – no animal testing needed

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The dronefather

A proof-of-concept for biologically-based soft robotics

Ideal Single-Photon Source: Quantum cryptography and quantum communication

Chemical-etching technique could lead to diamond micro-machines

VIDEO: Rice, Texas Children’s team creates biocompatible patch to heal infants with birth defects

Carriers Warn of Crisis in Mobile Spectrum

Rejuvenating stem cells in the aging brain of mice improve the regeneration of injured or diseased areas in the brain

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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?

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Tianjin University

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

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Idaho National Laboratory (INL)