A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the …read more Source:: Science
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Engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to date
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•Engineers have cooked up a material made of carbon nanotubes that is 10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported. …read more Source:: Science
Defying the laws of physics? Engineers demonstrate bubbles of sand
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•A recent discovery explains a new family of gravitational instabilities in granular particles of different densities that are driven by a gas-channeling mechanism not seen in fluids. The team observed …read more Source:: Science
Engineers demonstrate metamaterials that can solve equations
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•Engineers have designed a metamaterial device that can solve integral equations. The device works by encoding parameters into the properties of an incoming electromagnetic wave; once inside, the device’s unique …read more Source:: Science
Engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude
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•A team of chemical engineers have developed a new kind of jet mixer for creating biomass from algae that extracts the lipids from the watery plants with much less energy …read more Source:: Science
Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech
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•In a scientific first, neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. This breakthrough, which harnesses the power of speech synthesizers and artificial intelligence, could lead …read more Source:: Science
Engineers 3D print smart objects with ’embodied logic’
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•Using stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles, engineers have designed structures that have ’embodied logic.’ Through their physical and chemical makeup alone, they are able to determine which of multiple possible …read more Source:: Science
Light up logic: Engineers perform computational logic with light
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•For the first time, researchers performed logic operations — the basis of computation — with a chemical device using electric fields and ultraviolet light. The device and the pioneering methods …read more Source:: Science
Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA
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•In an advance that could lead to new treatments for lung disease, researchers have now designed an inhalable form of mRNA. This aerosol could be administered directly to the lungs …read more Source:: Science
Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts
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•Engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an ‘ionic wind’ — a silent but …read more Source:: Science