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Flexible graphene nanogenerators turn movement into energy bit.ly/2XkxrzN

Flexible graphene nanogenerators turn movement into energy

Laser-induced graphene nanogenerators could power future wearables.

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‘Screen Time’ Is Over nyti.ms/2XpBWcB
Trump Administration Lifts Ethanol-Fuel Ban That Was Meant to Cut Smog nyti.ms/2MzBUOn

Trump Administration Lifts Ethanol-Fuel Ban That Was Meant to Cut Smog (Published 2019)

The change, sought by corn-belt farmers hurt by the China trade war, drew criticism from environmentalists as well as energy companies.

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An Army Veteran Comes to Terms With Not Having PTSD nyti.ms/2WcvuZP

An Army Veteran Comes to Terms With Not Having PTSD (Published 2019)

A reminder that popular tropes and easy assumptions about how trauma affects people often do not fit, and we all still have much to learn.

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Cannabis Companies Push F.D.A. to Ease Rules on CBD Products nyti.ms/2QE2Avx
Cannabis Companies Push F.D.A. to Ease Rules on CBD Products nyti.ms/2JOfYNa
DNA origami to scale-up molecular motors bit.ly/2HMLQQ7

DNA origami to scale-up molecular motors

Researchers have successfully used DNA origami to make smooth-muscle-like contractions in large networks of molecular motor systems, a discovery which could be applied in molecular robotics.

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Organic laser diodes move from dream to reality bit.ly/2Xg1loM

Organic laser diodes move from dream to reality

Thorough characterization demonstrates lasing by direct electrical stimulation of an organic film is possible.

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Let's do the twist - rotation-tunable 2D electronics bit.ly/2HOpsFX

Let's do the twist - rotation-tunable 2D electronics

Researchers commonly observe a relative rotation between individual layers of 2D materials. Importantly, these interlayer rotation angles, i.e. at what angle two individual layers are oriented...

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My Husband Wore Really Tight Shorts to the Eclipse Party nyti.ms/2QB8KfK

My Husband Wore Really Tight Shorts to the Eclipse Party (Published 2019)

And for me, it was a revelation.

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Measles Cases Reach Highest Level in More Than 25 Years, C.D.C. Says nyti.ms/2HLyR0P
Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research nyti.ms/2KfqDzG

Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research (Published 2019)

Female animals were once deemed too hormonal and messy for science. Some scientists warn it’s not enough to just use more female lab rats.

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Exploration of TiO2 nanoparticle mediated microwave therapy on cancer treatment bit.ly/2HLJPUg
Researchers make graphene tunable, opening up its band gap to a record 2.1 EV bit.ly/2JMOEyF

Researchers make graphene tunable, opening up its band gap to a record 2.1 EV

Researchers show how a laser technique could permanently stress graphene into having a structure that allows the flow of electric current.

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Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough bit.ly/2wt6fmD

Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough

Method opens new path to all-optical quantum computers, other technologies.

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Sensor-packed glove learns signatures of the human grasp bit.ly/2EIq6D4
Cyber defense for nanoelectronics bit.ly/2Xf3b9p

Cyber defense for nanoelectronics

Today's societies critically depend on electronic systems. Past spectacular cyber-attacks have clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of existing systems and the need to prevent such attacks in the...

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In Turkey, Keeping Alive a Language of Whistles nyti.ms/2Qz3NnU

In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive (Published 2019)

Before cellphones, Turkish “bird language” allowed farmers to communicate across long distances in the Pontic Mountains.

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I’m a Veteran Without PTSD. I Used to Think Something Was Wrong With Me. nyti.ms/2HLFlNn
'Slothbot' takes a leisurely approach to environmental monitoring bit.ly/2WaSJTY

'Slothbot' takes a leisurely approach to environmental monitoring

For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient can be better than fast and always needing a recharge....

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