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High-tech Stickers Could Help Farmers and the Environment
A lot of people got into houseplants during the pandemic. I was among them. One of the things I learned was the…
Gas Separation Gets Flexible
Gas separation is essential for industries, from medical applications like extracting nitrogen and oxygen to carbon…
What Chimps Know That We’ve Forgotten
Who eats tree bark, dead wood, and ferns with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory effects? Chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees…
How Do Catalysts Work at the Atomic Level?
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developed a way to study electrochemical…
MIT Makes Steel with Electricity
Boston Metal, an MIT spinout, is ready to commercialize a new steelmaking method that can potentially clean up…
Can AI Improve How Good Your Beer Tastes?
Beer drinkers already have a wide plethora of brews to choose. From Hefeweizens to IPAs to Stouts, it seems we have…
Juno and Jade Find Oxygen on Europa
NASA and Lockheed launched the Juno space probe in 2011 as part of the New Frontiers program. It entered Jupiter's…
“Forever Chemicals” Not So Forever Anymore
The list of items that contain PFAS - "forever chemicals" - is long and frightening: our clothing, food packaging,…
Could Water Batteries Replace Lithium-ion Batteries?
An RMIT University team of researchers and industry collaborators has invented a recyclable battery that won't…
The Effects of Nicotine on the Human Brain
Researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine are highlighting the intricate interplay…