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Recent Archives
Industrial Nature
A green tea extract can polish the read-write heads of hard drives, and the way spiders stick to the ceiling can be used as new adhesives.
Bug-Eating Plants
Why do some plants eat bugs? (They live in nutrient-poor habitats; bugs have lots of nutrients.)
Subvocal Speech
Detecting the silent nerve signals used for speech to aid communication in noisy environments.
Bone Roundup
Oyster blood carries the raw material for making shell and bone, and covering titanium joints with DNA nanotubes helps prevent rejection.