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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

Sciences, Humanities, and … Design? The Case for a Third Pillar of Education

Brain Scans Reveal What Dogs Are Thinking

Genome editing gets better, a lot better

New scalable technology can dynamically control heating, cooling, and the lighting of buildings

The Flipped Classroom: Answering Obama’s Call For Creativity In Education

UC Santa Barbara Scientists Develop A Whole New Way of Harvesting Energy from the Sun

Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer

New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics

Researchers harness brain waves to reconstruct images of what we perceive

‘Self cleaning’ kitchen work tops could be a reality

Snapkeys aims to replace QWERTY keyboards on mobile devices

Valley current control shows way to ultra-low-power devices

Star Trek’s Vision Becomes Reality with Teleportation of Classic Object

The first neurotransistor: Silicon wafer + polymer = chip capable of learning

Pens filled with high-tech inks for Do It Yourself sensors

Not-weak knots bolster carbon fiber

Meet Looking Glass: The 2-D Tech That Could Crush 3-D Printing

Transparent wood windows could provide more even and consistent natural lighting and better energy efficiency than glass

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Yes, Soap: New and safer biological soaps

New material can collect moisture from cool fog as well as generating and collecting steam under sun

What if there was a way to make photosynthesis happen in the brains of stroke patients?

A step forward for grid resilience and for storing energy from sun, wind, water