When a real-world Montgomery Burns snarls "release the hounds" in the near future, you'd better hope that it's not a pack of determined and capable Lynx robodogs coming after you. We've already seen the wheeled wonder speed through fair-weather wilderness, and now it's back to prove its all-weather mettle – with impressive acrobatic style.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Quadru
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Watch: Athletic wheeled robodog kicks up powder for snow parkour
Posted by ArielTechGeek 87 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Miracle powder sucks CO2 out of the air 'like nothing else out there'
Posted by ArielTechGeek 185 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have invented a material in powder form that adsorbs carbon dioxide with astonishing performance. Just 200 g (a little under 0.5 lb) can suck up 44 lb (20 kg) of CO2, the same as a tree does in a year.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Direct Air Carbon Capture, Carbon Dioxide, Net Zero, UC Berkeley, Carbon Sequestration, Mate
Single-dose inhaled dry powder vaccine may replace arm jabs
Posted by ArielTechGeek 499 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers have developed a single-dose powdered vaccine that is inhaled directly into the lungs to produce an effective immune response. The vaccine can deliver multiple antigens, meaning one dose could provide broad-spectrum protection against several respiratory viruses.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Vaccines, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sunlight-activated powder disinfects water in just 60 seconds
Posted by ArielTechGeek 711 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you leave a clear bottle of water in the sunlight, the ultraviolet rays will kill any harmful microbes in that water, making it drinkable … but it has to sit in the sun for at least six hours. A new sunlight-activated powder, however, does the job in a mere one minute.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Stanford University, Water, Purification, Sunlight, Bacteria
Wood-derived powder could remove dye from textile industry wastewater
Posted by ArielTechGeek 768 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In countries such as India, a great deal of toxic dye waste from the textile industry is released directly into waterways, potentially harming people and the environment. A new filtration media could remove much of that dye from wastewater streams – and it's derived from wood.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Water Conservation, Pollution, Chalmers University of Technology, Filt
Inhalable powder designed to boost the lungs' virus-blocking mucus
Posted by ArielTechGeek 802 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If there's one thing that the past few years have made us of aware of, it's the danger of respiratory viruses. An inhalable powder may one day help temporarily protect against them, by working with the natural layer of mucus in users' lungs.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: North Carolina State University, Hydrogels, Lung, Viruses and Bacteria, Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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