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The International Space Station (I.S.S.) is the largest modular space station currently in low-Earth orbit and has a long backlog of research projects lined up. Orbital Assembly, a company from Hunstville, Alabama, is announcing a new…

Since 1950, the number of sedentary jobs has increased by 83%, according to the American Heart Association. Researchers with the Mayo Clinic found that those that sit for long periods can suffer from obesity, increased blood pressure, high…

Public toilets are often not pleasant places to go, but our bathrooms at home are dirtier than you think. A team of Colorado University engineers ran an experiment during a free week; it wasn't a waste of time. Using two lasers, one…

Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most produced plastics in the world, ranking third by volume. It's in nearly everything: hospital equipment, plumbing, window frames, housing trim, tents, shower curtains, and even our clothing. It coats the…

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

As semiconductors gain greater functionality and production volume, the environmental cost also increases. The greenhouse gases and waste from the semiconductor manufacturing process are serious environmental issues. A research team at…

Fidget spinners were all the rage in 2017. What if we could harvest the energy used to send them spinning to power small devices or wearables? We may be able to soon, thanks to researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University. The team…

Do you want to play a game? Creating artificial intelligence agents that compete and cooperate as effectively as humans remains a challenge—the issue is enabling AI agents to anticipate the future behaviors of other agents when they are…

According to physicists at the University of Basel, there is a negative correlation between the spins of an entangled pair of electrons from a superconductor. The researchers used spin filters made of nanomagnets and quantum dots. They…

Researchers at Aalto University developed a new material that changes its electrical behavior based on previous experience—gaining a form of adaptive memory. Scientists could use these materials in next-gen medical and environmental…