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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

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Consumer-Grade Camera Detects Cancer Cells in Real Time

Could gut microbes affect the course of ALS?

Labor Efficiency: The Next Great Internet Disruption

Saratov Chernyshevsky State University

A light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature

Going bananas again: New grafting technique might just save the Cavendish banana

Tiny robots carry up to 2,000 times their own weight

Smart cane provides facial recognition for the blind

For the first time: techniques that can correct false recollections without damaging true memories

Speeding up solar cell testing from hours to minutes with a new 3D printed system

Researchers use cyanobacteria for the production of chemicals

What do robots know? Soldiers get help from scientists to find out

Vibrating tiny robots could revolutionize research

Robot cleaner a ‘game changer’ for hospital infection epidemic

New York University College of Dentistry

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University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Jacobs School of Engineering

Sichuan University

The polyoxometalate power generator collects the natural atmospheric humidity and produces continuous electrical signals by the uneven distribution and directional movement of ions, realizing efficient collection and utilization of low-value energy. (Image: Nano Research, Tsinghua University Press)

Power from natural atmospheric humidity

A breakthrough to revolutionize polymer plastics recycling

Protecting computers against spy programs with a new cipher system

A new synthetic antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli

Pairing this floating sponge with an oxidizing agent could help destroy harmful algal blooms. Adapted from ACS ES&T Water 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00202

Removing harmful algal blooms with a floating sponge

Junyi Zhao demonstrates using a simple ballpoint pen to write custom LEDs on paper (left). The same pens can be used to draw multicolored designs on aluminum foil (top right) and to create light up sketches (bottom right). (Images courtesy of Wang lab)

Handwritten electronics and devices from a ballpoint pen?

Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Peking University (PKU)

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT)

Tsinghua University (THU)

Tufts University

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

East China Normal University (ECNU)

Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI)

Shanghai University (SHU)

Dartmouth College

Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES)

Macquarie University

Ohio State University (OSU)