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This unassuming material is capable of capturing or releasing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in response to moisture swings.

Could space elevators transform humanity into a spacefaring civilization?

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

New Cancer Treatment? Universal Donor Immune Cells

Twinkind 3D photo booth scans your entire body in the blink of an eye

Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up

Maximizing wireless charging: Could we do away with large and heavy car / robot batteries as a result?

Faster SBU V3 Self Balancing Unicycle is ready to roll

Video game trains people to better discern truth from lies — and how to spot deceptive behavior in as little as 1 hour

The Problem with Disclosure

Breeding Crops With Deeper Roots Could ‘Slash CO2 Levels’

It is possible to efficiently turn industrially processed lignin into high-performance plastics

Real-life holographic images that move in the air

Outlining the increasing threats posed by invasive species

Tracking pandemics as they happen with extremely fast new software

Early evidence suggests hybrid cochlear implants may benefit millions with common form of hearing loss

Data driven discoveries: Imagine smart cities with thousands of strategically placed sensors

Prosthetics and orthotics 3-D printed for you the same day

New bioimaging technique can monitor multiple molecular interactions quickly and economically

Implantable ‘artificial pancreas’ could help diabetes patients control their blood sugar

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University of Washington (UW)

NYU Langone Medical Center

Research team launches first-of-its-kind mini AI model with three trillion-token punch

Enabling everyone to carry a “mini ChatGPT” in their pocket wherever they go

Scientists Reprogram Plants for Drought Tolerance

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered

We Can Predict When People Are Going To Die From Their “DNA Clock”

New catalyst uses light to convert nitrogen to ammonia

Bone stem cells shown to regenerate bone and cartilage in adult mice

Smartphone, Finger Prick, 15 Minutes, Diagnosis—Done!

ALASA Getting Closer to Delivering Big Things in Small Packages

An Incubator for Innovation

Quality control in science journals is evolving, with a code of ethics in hot pursuit

Creative AI: Teaching computers to be reporters and storytellers

An Internet of Things reality check

3-D printing with custom molecules creates low-cost mechanical sensor

Diagnosing PTSD by analyzing voices using artificial intelligence

High efficiency concentrating solar cells move to the rooftop

Crash-proof UAV takes out US$1 million Drones For Good Competition

Nano-antioxidants prove their potential

A Breakthrough in Artificial Photosynthesis

Old trawler now harvests wave power instead of fish

The Risks of Climate Engineering

New technique doubles the distance of optical fibre communications

Scientists at a US science conference have said it is now time to actively try to contact intelligent life on other worlds

Understanding how to teach “intelligence”

Advent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change