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- Water-purifying cup makes drinkable water from creeks and streams https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9720-water-purifying-cup-makes-drinkable-water-from-creeks-and-streams-in-minutes 39 comments
- New Thermal Interface Material Could Cool Down Energy-Hungry Data Centers https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/10078-new-thermal-interface-material-could-cool-down-energy-hungry-data-centers 2 comments technology
- Universal brain-computer interface lets people play games with just their thoughts - Engineers have created a brain-computer interface that doesn't require calibration for each user, paving the way for widespread clinical applicability. https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9841-universal-brain-computer-interface-lets-people-play-games-with-just-their-thoughts 5 comments science
- Smart farming platform improves crop yields, minimizes pollution. The smart farming system uses a copper-based hydrogel that captures excess nitrate waste from fertilizer runoff and transforms it into ammonia -- a critical element in fertilizers -- that can then be reused. https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9702-smart-farming-platform-improves-crop-yields-minimizes-pollution 11 comments science
- Researchers developed a palm e-tattoo made of Graphene that can tell when you’re stressed out by transferring data to a rigid circuit (a smart watch), using a type of monitoring know as electrodermal activity or EDA sensing https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9620-palm-e-tattoo-can-tell-when-you-re-stressed-out 16 comments science
- Aluminum oxide nanolattices demonstrate "anelasticity": when bent, defects move slowly in response to the stress gradient and return to their initial positions when the stress was released. This allows dissipation of vibration or pressure waves like a shock absorber. https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9572-intriguing-material-property-found-in-complex-nanostructures-could-dissipate-energy 3 comments science
- Nanostructured Fibers Can Impersonate Human Muscles https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9509-nanostructured-fibers-can-impersonate-human-muscles 6 comments technology
- Researchers have created a new type of fiber that can perform like a muscle actuator, in many ways better than other options that exist today. And, most importantly, these muscle-like fibers are simple to make and recycle and could be used in a variety of ways, including medicine and robotics https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9509-nanostructured-fibers-can-impersonate-human-muscles 2 comments science
- A plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste. It was discovered using machine learning to land on mutations to create a fast-acting protein that can break down building blocks of plastic. https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9475-plastic-eating-enzyme-could-eliminate-billions-of-tons-of-landfill-waste 116 comments science