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Graphene and Beyond: The Astonishing Properties and Promise of 2D Materials
Since graphene was first isolated in 2004, a Nobel Prize-winning feat that sparked a whole new exciting field of materials science research, 2D materials...
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Apple Is Worth One Trillion Dollars
Ian Bogost | The Atlantic
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Have We Reached the Limit of Human Longevity? New Study Says...
In 1997, when Jeannne Loise Calment died at the age of 122, she was the longest-living human on record.
But she won’t always be.
According to...
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
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Designing a ‘Solar Tarp,’ a Foldable, Packable Way to Generate Power From the Sun
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Are Maglev Trains the (Ultra-Fast, Levitating) Transit System of the Future?
When you see the Japanese L0 Series maglev train at full speed, it can be hard to spot the potential (extremely costly) failure. Some...
This Mind-Controlled Robotic Limb Lets You Multitask With Three Arms
If you’ve ever juggled a situation where two arms aren’t enough, you’re in luck! Thanks to a new study published in Science Robotics, humans...
MIT Study Shows Off Chemical-Detecting Machines the Size of a Human Egg Cell
Robots are excellent tools for gathering information from areas humans can't reach. And now new speck-sized machines from MIT could extend that capability to...
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