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Graphene Used to Understand Filtration and Ion Transport into Cells
NIST scientists Michael Zwolak and Subin Sahu have discovered a way to simulate aspects of ion channel behavior while accounting for such computationally intensive details as molecular-scale variations in the size or shape of the channel.
New Materials to Help Visualize 3D-Printed Objects Released
Allegorithmic introduces the 3D print collection for Substance Source. With 50 new assets, designers will be able to pre-visualize their products, using digital materials that replicated the layers, marks and surface textures of objects that have gone through the 3D-printing process.
New Research on 3D Printing Proves How Metals Can Be Strong and Ductile
A new technique to 3D print metals involving a widely used stainless steel has been shown to achieve exceptional levels of strength and ductility when compared to counterparts from more conventional processes.
Exotec Solutions Announced Shelf-climbing Autonomous Robots
The French startup artificial intelligence (AI) company Exotec Solutions announced the debut of new mobile robots – Skypods – designed to navigate by climbing shelves rather than moving the shelves to human workers.
'Grinch Bots' Beating Consumers to Popular Holiday Gifts
Popular toys and electronics may be harder to get this holiday season thanks to automated software dubbed “Grinch bots” beating consumers to online sales and special offers on the much sought-after items.
Google Lunar XPRIZE May Soon Award $20 Million to the First Private Team to Land a Spacecraft on the Moon
The teams must also maneuver their spacecraft a distance of 500 m and transmit high-definition video and images back to Earth.
World’s Tiniest Interlinking Chains Developed
University of Chicago researchers have managed to develop a method to create the first tiny molecular chain.
DNA Origami Surpasses Important Steps to Success
A research team has not only broken out of the nanometer realm to build larger objects but also cut the production costs a thousand-fold. These innovations open a whole new frontier for the technology.
Voluntary Program to Cut Oil/Gas Sector Methane Emissions
The initiative applies to both existing and new facilities and will include participation by 26 companies when it goes into effect on January 1, 2018.
The Future of Spacesuits: A Take-Me-Home Button?
Although astronauts tend to be securely tethered any time they venture outside the spacecraft, industrial design start-up Draper has invented an insurance policy against astronauts floating away.
Air Pollution Negates Health Benefits of a Long Walk
A study conducted by researchers from Duke University and Imperial College London found that people age 60 and older walking on polluted main streets saw fewer, if any, of the benefits walking would have on the heart and lungs.
Seaweed May Be Key to Environmentally-friendly Sunscreen
In the lab, scientists determined that MAAs — like the MAAs produced by organisms dwelling in sunny, shallow waters — effectively absorbed damaging rays from the sun and protected the skin cells against UVR damage.
Doctor-Created, 3D-Printed Euthanasia Machine
Philip Nitschke, better known as Australia's “Dr. Death,” has created a machine meant to help suicidal persons achieve a painless death.
Healthy Eating Better for the Environment, Study
The incentive to eat healthy is now two-fold thanks to a recent study determining that healthy eating is also linked to reducing one’s environmental impact.
Superfast Broadband Flies in to Welsh Village
The 20 homes in Pontfadog, Wales, are now connected to the world via broadband, thanks to a creative use of drone technology.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.
When Kings Preferred Aluminum To Gold
In the mid-1800s aluminum was a precious metal on par with silver and gold. Proof of this can be found in the apex of the Washington monument, the formal "silver-ware" of the Second French Empire and assorted high-end 19th-century jewelry. This in spite of the fact that aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Why?
MW-Scale Fuel Cell Power and Hydrogen Plant Planned for California Port
Toyota Logistics Services at California's Long Beach Port will become first Toyota facility in North America to use 100% renewable power.
Natural Folding Mechanisms Key to Climate-Friendly Architecture
Mobile components on buildings, like blinds, often have a design that was copied from naturally occurring solutions. This is the subject of the research by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart.
Synthetic Protocol forms 3D Porous Organic Network in Seconds
A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has recently announced the principle of producing porous organic materials in the blink of an eye.