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Something that could reduce aviation’s nitrogen oxide emissions air pollution problem by 95 percent
Mining energy from black holes – but don’t hold your breath
Reducing the search time for new high-tech alloys from weeks to mere seconds
The discovery of a room-temperature superconductor: the problem is high pressures of nearly three million atmospheres are still needed
Towards industrial-scale manufacturing of hydrogen as a completely renewable energy source for vehicles
Increasing production by 10 times of superbug slaying antibiotics using gene editing
We can help reverse insect decline
The beginning of robot to robot and perhaps robot to human empathy?
Direct air capture needs investment to be a real force in meeting the climate change challenge
Changing climate conditions have taken a toll on insects in the tropics

Graphene sensor tracks down cancer biomarkers

An ultrasensitive biosensor made from the wonder material graphene has been used to detect molecules that indicate an increased risk of developing cancer. The biosensor has been sh... Read more

Almost 200 Years Later, Are We Living in the Final Days of the Stethoscope

“Certainly the stage is set for disruption” An editorial in this month’s edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) asks ‘are we living in the final... Read more

Paper-based device could bring medical testing to remote locales

Scientists are now reporting progress toward an inexpensive point-of-care, paper-based device to fill that void with no electronics required In remote regions of the world where el... Read more