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![Largest virtual universe free for anyone to explore](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_7d738f08a2c845b7ac4e766f9f9d2acd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_7d738f08a2c845b7ac4e766f9f9d2acd~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
Largest virtual universe free for anyone to explore
An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field records, paving the way for fusion energy
The creation of practical, inexpensive, carbon-free power plants that could limit the effects of global climate change.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
A water-repellent nanomaterial inspired by nature
Researchers have created a new nanomaterial that repels water and can stay dry even when submerged underwater.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
Saildrone’s low-carbon ocean drones can help enable renewable energy
Saildrone has unveiled its Offshore Wind Life Cycle solutions that, it says, will help make new offshore wind farms a reality.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
New spacesuit technologies for Moon and Mars exploration developed
NASA announced the successful field testing of new spacesuit technologies for future astronaut science and exploration operations.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
Smart dental implants for that white and 'brightening' smile
Geelsu Hwang and colleagues are developing a smart dental implants that resist bacterial growth and conduct phototherapy.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
Transforming ‘sewer gas’ into clean hydrogen fuel
Scientists have found a new chemical process to turn a stinky, toxic gas into a clean-burning fuel.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
In 1 minute a new technology can brighten lives in the developing world for over 2 hours
Statistics show that 67% of the developing world still goes without household electricity and relying on poluting kerosene lamps for light.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Facebook, Ray-Ban launch smart glasses—who will wear them?
Seven years after the ill-fated Google Glass, and five years after Snap rolled out Spectacles, Facebook is trying its hand at smart glasses.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Scientists develop AI to predict the success of startup companies
A study of 1M companies has shown that artificial intelligence can accurately determine whether a startup firm will fail or become successful
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Researchers use deep learning to predict breast cancer risk
Deep learning does a better job distinguishing between the mammograms of women who will later develop breast cancer and those who will not.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
NASA's next space telescope to launch in December
The James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Meet Pepper -- the world's first robotic squash coach
A social robot from the National Robotarium, hosted by Heriot-Watt University, has become the world's first squash coach
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
What the world's most accurate clock can tell us about Earth and the cosmos
It would take 15 billion years for the clock that occupies Jun Ye's basement labto lose a second—about how long the universe has existed
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
New lamp generates light for 45 days with half-liter of salt water
There are approximately 840 million people worldwide who do not have access to electricity. The project emerged to brighten up lives.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
A man's role in sexual reproduction may soon be entirely replaced by a test tube
For species that rely on sexual reproduction, offspring can only happen if sperm from the male fertilize eggs from the female.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
New room-temperature COVID-19 vaccines are grown in plants and bacteria
Researchers have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021
Scientists create artificial cells that mimic living cells -- new method for fighting bacteria
Researchers provide a blueprint for creating "cell mimics," with potential applications ranging from drug delivery to environmental science.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021
Green solution to combine sunlight and wastewater to make Ammonia 10x more efficiently
Engineers at the University of Illinois have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 8, 2021
VW ID.LIFE concept car comes with a built-in projector and games console
Electric cars are already a smorgasbord of new and exciting tech, but this new concept car from VW takes it to a whole new level.
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