1. FDA-Approved Drug May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding Disorders[[MORE]]New research suggests that Antabuse – a drug commonly used to treat alcoholism – can also be used to treat some vision disorders. – UC Berkeley via...

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  2. Scientists are Tantalizingly Close to Cracking Any Ancient Text Wide Open [[MORE]]Epigrapher Thea Sommerschield and AI scientist Yannia Assael have joined forces to create a new algorithm, Ithaca – capable of filling in missing text from ancient...

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  3. Programmable Blocks Tease Self-Assembling Space Structures [[MORE]]Did MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) just start building Transformers? These programmable ElectroVoxel cubes self-assemble into new structures and...

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  4. This Diamond Company Wants to Help Carbon Capture Take Off[[MORE]]Startup Aether Diamonds creates carbon-negative diamonds – pulling 20 metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere to produce one carat. – The Verge’s Maddie Stone

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  5. Researchers show how to make a ‘computer’ out of liquid crystals [[MORE]] Liquid crystals could be made into circuits and compute on their own, according to new theoretical research from Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of...

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  6. Using nanorobots to help clean heavy metals from polluted water[[MORE]]Researchers have developed new magnetic nanorobots that can remove arsenic and other heavy metals from polluted water – and unlike most cleaning methods, they’re reusable! –...

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  7. These solar panels pull in water vapor to grow crops in the desert[[MORE]]Just like the “moisture farms” in Star Wars, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) scientists used their new hydrogel-solar panel mechanism to grow spinach...

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  8. Stratolaunch’s Roc soars again: Biggest airplane ever built aces 4th test flight [[MORE]]Stratolaunch’s Roc airplane recently completed its fourth test flight! It has a 385-foot wingspan – twice that of commercial planes – and could will help...

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  9. FDA clears first smartphone app for insulin delivery[[MORE]]The FDA just cleared Tandem’s smartphone app to program mealtime insulin delivery. – The Verge’s Nicole Wetsman

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  10. This E-Nose Sniffs Out the Good Whiskey[[MORE]]University of Technology Sydney has adapted their e-Nose – known as “Nos.e” – to identify whiskey brands, regions, and styles with a 95% accuracy. – IEEE’s Michelle Hampson.

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