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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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Low-Dose Aspirin Stymies Proliferation of Two Breast Cancer Lines

Why You’ll Care About Intel’s 3-D Chip Invention: Mobile Battery Life

Data Center Overload

Diaspora – a distributed, open source, secure social network with Facebook in its sights

The PCN film directly peeled off from the glass substrate shows high transparency and flexibility. Photo by Zepeng Lei.

A major step in the development of repairable and fully recyclable network polymers, a particularly challenging material to recycle

Could production of plastic be a closed cycle and no longer dependent on crude oil?

Pancreatic Cancer May Be Detected With Simple Intestinal Probe

A first-of-its-kind life-like material powered by light and rotating magnetic fields acts as a soft robot

Keeping your eyes on the road may get some assistance

A new approach to diagnosis and treatment for rare diseases that cumulatively affect millions

New organoid technology could enable drug testing, personalized medicine, and perhaps transplantations in the near future

Companies close to reusing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Could autonomous machines build trust by using emotion?

Alzheimer’s disease symptoms may be alleviated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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McLean Hospital

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Could space elevators transform humanity into a spacefaring civilization?

Bio-based nylon gets a head start

This illustration, created at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain

The first all-species coronavirus test to help spot the potential next viral bad actor

Reversible changes in color and crystal structures during storage and extraction of ammonia through chemical conversion CREDIT RIKEN

Hydrogen finds a new storage and retrieval medium that is safe, easy, and affordable

The spider-inspired spinning method pioneered by NUS researchers produces soft fibres that are strong, stretchable and electrically conductive.

Producing soft and recyclable fibres for smart textiles

This figure depicts the particle trajectory inside the cyclone sampler during air sampling. The Washington University team used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to gain insight into the size-dependent collection efficiency of aerosols inside the wet cyclone. (Image: Joseph Puthussery)

A real-time air monitor that can detect Covid variants, flu, RSV in a room in about 5 minutes