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Michael Irving – The sprayable antenna is made of MXene, a 2D titanium carbide material, which is extremely conductive and in tests performs as well as traditional antennas (Credit: Drexel University). If a device connects wirelessly to other things, chances are high …
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News – The synthetic cell looks identical to the ‘wild type’. Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. The researchers constructed a bacterium’s “genetic …
James Holloway – Could the fediverse help to restore the web we lost? (Credit: Eukombos) Since its launch in October 2016, microblogging social network Mastodon has been gaining ground, reaching 1 million users as of December 2017. To many it’s the …
It’s a chance to turn something very abundant into something very useful. By James Dennin – For a century and a half or more, researchers have been trying to figure out how to do something useful with all the carbon dioxide floating around …
Michael Irving – An artist’s rendition of Listeria bacteria, which have been found to produce electricity (Credit: UC Berkeley/Amy Ca. The diverse microbes that live in our gut keep turning up new surprises. In recent years this tiny ecosystem has been found to …
Free credit freezes are here. by Andrew Smith, Federal Trade Commission, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection Gail Hillebrand, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Associate Director, Division of Consumer Education and Engagement Free credit freezes and year-long fraud alerts are here, starting September 21st, …
“ about an hour, then he’ll wake up and switch cats,” said the founder of Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary. By Elyse Wanshel – A man in Wisconsin has turned snoozing into a charitable act. Terry Lauerman, 75, goes to his local animal shelter …
Anthony Wood – Energy consumption was used to measure the extent of globalization for early civilizations (Credit: ralwel/Depositphotos). Ancient civilizations could have benefited, and at times suffered from belonging to an interconnected global economy, according to evidence presented in a newly-published study. …
“This is actually a rather amazing finding.” By Emma Betuel – Synthetic sandalwood, better known for its role as sock-drawer potpourri, had unexpected effects on hair regrowth in a recently released study in Nature Communications. But although the application of this study has to …
NPS Photo. Celebrate National Public Lands Day at Bandelier National Monument: September 22 – Entrance Fee Waived September 29 – Work Project Planned Often just known as NPLD, National Public Lands Day is generally billed as the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. …
