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Sticky yet slick material pulls water from foggy or humid air

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Sticky yet slick material pulls water from foggy or humid air

Fog catchers can provide water for drinking or farming in rain-starved regions. A new material traps water with sticky lubricant to gather bigger drops faster

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Fresh water can pull stains out of fabric with an electric field

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Fresh water can pull stains out of fabric with an electric field

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Eco-friendly nanowood is a super strong and recyclable styrofoam

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Eco-friendly nanowood is a super strong and recyclable styrofoam

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Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

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Earth

Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet

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Bunnies draped in fake polar bear fur are both cosy and stealthy

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Bunnies draped in fake polar bear fur are both cosy and stealthy

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Three photons stick together to create a new form of light

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Three photons stick together to create a new form of light

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How a bat’s hairy tongue lets it suck up nectar like a sponge

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How a bat’s hairy tongue lets it suck up nectar like a sponge

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Earth

We all need to take our heads out of the sand

The fact we are running out of something so seemingly limitless as sand is a potent symbol of humanity's destructiveness. We must all strive to do better

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Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now

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Is the quantum computer revolution really just five years away?

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Space

Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

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Earth

These are the worst ready-made sandwiches for the climate

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