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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

Breakthrough in blending metals opens up a new field in chemistry on a one-nanometer scale

GE & Quirky Develop Smart Milk Jug Appliance

Tough times for the tree of life on coral reefs

Molecular machine could hold key to more efficient manufacturing

Molecules that may keep you young — and alive for a very long time

Tin nanocrystals for the battery of the future

Using light to switch topological materials on and off without resistance

How quickly viruses can contaminate buildings and how to stop them

Designing antiviral proteins via computer could help halt the next pandemic

Flu Vaccine Protects Against Multiple Strains Including H1N1

Chemical fingerprints in minutes instead of thousands of years with AI

Balance Recovery Technology Based on Human Reflexes May Keep Prosthetic Legs and Robots from Tripping

UBC’s Bob Hancock and his team of researchers have discovered a peptide that could help destroy biofilms, which are responsible for two-thirds of human infections. Photo: Martin Dee

Promising discovery in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Welcome to the Digital Neighborhood

A deeper law than Moore’s?

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University of Würzburg

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT)

University of Melbourne (UniMelb)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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