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Feb 18 2025SCIENCE

Fixing Flaws in WSe2: A New Way to Boost Performance

Imagine tiny flaws in a material that mess up how well it works. This is a big deal in the world of 2D materials, like WSe2. These flaws, called chalcogenide vacancies, can really mess with how long charge carriers last and how well devices work. Scientists have been trying to fix these flaws. They

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Feb 15 2025SCIENCE

Building Better Tissues: The Shrink-Resistant Hydrogel Breakthrough

Imagine trying to build something with a material that keeps shrinking. That's a big problem in tissue engineering. Scientists have been using collagen-based hydrogels, which are great for growing cells, but they have a nasty habit of shrinking when cells interact with them. This makes it hard to cr

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Feb 14 2025SCIENCE

Unlocking the Secrets of Styrene Monooxygenases: A Battle of Residues

Styrene monooxygenases are special enzymes that can tell the difference between left and right-handed molecules. These are known as enantiomers. They are part of a bigger family called Group E flavoprotein monooxygenases, or GEMs. These enzymes are great at making one enantiomer more than the other

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Feb 12 2025SCIENCE

Printing Bones: The New Way to Build Stronger Structures

Building bones from scratch for medical needs is a hot topic in science. 3D printing is a big deal in this field. It's all about creating materials that match real bone tissue. This is tricky because bones have a complex structure. Scientists are exploring new ways to make this happen. Imag

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Sunlight, Sugar, and Green Energy: A New Twist

Think about this: what if you could turn sunlight and simple sugars into clean energy and useful chemicals? Pretty cool, right? Scientists have been working on this idea, but it's been tough. The biggest hurdles are low efficiency in producing hydrogen and poor selectivity in creating useful chemica

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Feb 10 2025SCIENCE

Continuity in Bioengineering: The Rise of Smaller, SmarterLiving Machines

Ever wondered about how living things and machines are more alike than you thought? Today, scientists are reimagining the relationship between machines and life with a new spin on an old idea. Imagine life as a big, continuous flow instead of separate chunks then, patterns emerge from things big

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Feb 09 2025SCIENCE

Head Hit Data Dilemma: How the Program Solves it

Sports and activities are always a bit risky. The most concerning risk to the player is the worry of head injuries. Some of these injuries are hard to predict. The bad news is that getting bad data from the mouthguard head impact testing could cause huge problems. The mouthguard is a simple devic

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Feb 07 2025SCIENCE

Robot's in the making.

Chemists took off on a quest. The aim was to change how enzymes work. These enzymes are like tiny machines given sugar as a source of any damage. Dig into enzymes known as pyranose oxidase (POx) and C-glycoside oxidase (CGOx). Part of the oxidoreductase family, these enzymes are the work of FAD.

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Feb 05 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Ready for Takeoff: The Astro I, The one and only car from the future

Imagine a time when cars were supposed to be exciting and fast. In the 1960s, a car emerged that was both cool and out of this world. This wasn't your average car. The Chevrolet Astro I looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. It was unveiled in New York in 1967 and even today, its desi

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Jan 31 2025TECHNOLOGY

Disney and ESPN team up with a tech veteran

A big change is happening in the Disney and ESPN world. Disney Entertainment and ESPN have welcomed Andre Rohe to play a huge role in their technology group. Rohe is a big deal in the tech world so let's break down what this means. With over 20 years of experience, he has led some major te

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