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Joseph Shavit
Aug 20, 2021
Traveling to the North Pole in a new 21st century luxury airship
The spring of 2023 or 2024, the first airships will fly to the North Pole, almost a century after the first confirmed successful polar trip.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 20, 2021
New clean energy tech extracts twice the power from ocean waves
Researchers have developed prototype technology that can double the power harvested from ocean waves.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 19, 2021
Leak-detecting quantum camera cuts oil and gas industry emissions
A new a quantum-enabled gas imaging camera will help dramatically cut environmentally damaging methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 19, 2021
Major nuclear fusion first achieved as 'ignition' triggered in a lab
Ignition is a key process that amplifies the energy output from nuclear fusion and could provide clean energy and answer physics questions
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 18, 2021
Robotic floats provide new look at ocean health and global carbon cycle
Microscopic marine life plays a fundamental role in the health of the ocean and, ultimately, the planet. Just like plants on land
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 18, 2021
Fighting fungal infections: Giant leaps for smart nanotech
Nanoparticles are punching well above their weight when it comes to treating drug-resistant fungal infections.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
Wearable energy: Woven nanotube fibers turn heat into power
Flexible thermoelectric generators could be useful way to make carbon ‘green’
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
Giant gravitational wave detectors could peer back to see a universe before stars
Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
According to scientists your next smartwatch battery will be powered by sweat
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by perspiration.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
NASA Tests 3D Moon Dust Printer on the ISS in preparation for Mars mission
Designed to build landing pads, roads, and even homes, it could help humans become an interplanetary species.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
The next-generation brain-computer interface system took a leap forward
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are emerging assistive devices that may one day help people with brain or spinal injuries to move.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 16, 2021
New blood test improves prostate cancer screening
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereb
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 16, 2021
New CRISPR-based technology could revolutionize antibody-based medical diagnostics
Scientists have repurposed the genetic modification technology CRISPR to identify antibodies in patient blood samples
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 16, 2021
Block by block: Researchers use Minecraft to advance artificial intelligence
Research to investigate next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) skills and perhaps make Steve, the Minecraft avatar, a little smarter.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 16, 2021
Missing jigsaw piece: engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle that has stood in the way of quantum computers becoming a reality
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
New project will simulate life on Mars, pave way for NASA's 'next giant leap'
As NASA prepares for its "next giant leap"—meaning astronauts on Mars—technology developed by 3D printing construction is paving the way
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience
Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
Like Batman's cape! New protective chain mail fabric can stiffen on demand
Researchers have developed a new type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand. Much like Batman's cape.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
A robotic fish tail and next-gen underwater vehicles
Underwater vehicles are typically designed for one cruise speed, and they’re often inefficient at other speeds.
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