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A pole is either of two opposite ends of a molecule, magnet, battery, planet or other object.
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A pole is either of two opposite ends of a molecule, magnet, battery, planet or other object.
To protect crops against viruses in their home country of Taiwan, two teens invented a novel approach to fight blights.
Bacteria with tweaked genes pump out proteins that can be used in a 3-D printer. With microbes in the mix, the living ink can make drugs or suck up chemicals.
Here’s what allows you to plug in and power up the devices in your life.
To climb walls, robot feet need to alternately stick and let go. A novel adhesive can do that. Its stickiness is controlled by electric fields.
Piezoelectric materials produce an electric voltage when they are bent or squished. This can let us harvest electricity from movement.
Game Boy revolutionized the gaming industry. A newer version could help slow the rate of climate change.
An accidental discovery helps scientists generate electricity out of thin —but humid — air with bacteria-made protein nanowires.
The Parker probe’s first data is giving scientists a look at what’s to come as the craft moves closer to the sun over the next few years.
New iron-rich protein crystals could help researchers better understand the nerve cells that control movement and sensation. All they need are magnets.