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E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

23.09.2020 | Cornell University | www.cornell.edu

Scientists have engineered a key plant enzyme and introduced it in Escherichia coli bacteria in order to create an optimal experimental environment for studying how to speed up photosynthesis, a holy…

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E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus

15.09.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor. NASA has launched multiple rovers over the years, with a new one currently en route, to sift through Mars’ dusty…

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Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus

Velcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination

11.09.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

MIT engineers have designed a Velcro-like food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, that pierces through plastic packaging to sample food for signs of spoilage and bacterial contamination.

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Velcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination

Producing leather-like materials from fungi

09.09.2020 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Traditional leather and its alternatives are typically obtained from animals and synthetic polymers. Leather can be considered a co-product of meat production with both livestock farming and the…

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Producing leather-like materials from fungi

New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin

02.09.2020 | RMIT University | www.rmit.edu.au

Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.…

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New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin

Synthetic coating for the GI tract could deliver drugs or aid in digestion

31.08.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

By making use of enzymes found in the digestive tract, MIT engineers have devised a way to apply a temporary synthetic coating to the lining of the small intestine. This coating could be adapted to…

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Synthetic coating for the GI tract could deliver drugs or aid in digestion

Neural Networks Show Potential For Identifying Gamma Rays

25.08.2020 | Swiss National Supercomputing Centre | www.cscs.ch

With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly energetic gamma rays that could lead to the discovery of new objects in and outside…

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Neural Networks Show Potential For Identifying Gamma Rays

The factory of the future, batteries not included

24.08.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

Many analysts have predicted an explosion in the number of industrial “internet of things” (IoT) devices that will come online over the next decade. Sensors play a big role in those forecasts.…

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The factory of the future, batteries not included

Origami microbots: Centuries-old artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines

31.07.2020 | University of Michigan | umich.edu

University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated that behavioral rules underpinning the Japanese art of folding can expand the capabilities of microbots, creating potential for greater use in…

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Origami microbots: Centuries-old artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines

Lithium metal batteries that perform well at low temperatures

29.07.2020 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

Lithium (Li) batteries, or lithium metal batteries, use metallic lithium as an anode. Over the past few decades, rechargeable Li batteries have been used to power a wide variety of electronic devices…

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