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Landfill burps from three sites in Florida, such as this one, contain high levels of airborne PFAS, including fluorotelomer alcohols.

Some landfill ‘burps’ contain airborne PFAS, study finds

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Health
Researchers looked at how long viruses remained infectious on different species of wood and found that some are promising candidates for sustainable, natural antiviral materials.

Some Wood Surfaces Can Naturally Reduce Virus Infectivity

Categories Health, Technology
Chocolate

Chocolate’s tasty flavors might pose a risk in other desserts

Categories Health
This electrochromic film’s color and optical properties change when the electric potential goes from 0 to 0.8 to 1.6 volts: Green helps reduce glare, and red enhances thermal insulation.

Electrochromic films — like sunglasses for your windows?

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
When attached to eyeglasses, a clear, flexible sensor can detect how close eyelashes are to the lens, enabling blink tracking.

Flexible Sensor Detects Objects Without Touch, Enables Blink-Tracking Glasses

Categories Technology
This “smart” contact lens could someday help measure eye pressure and send wireless signals to enable early detection of glaucoma.

Researchers Develop “Smart” Contact Lens to Detect Glaucoma Across Wide Temperature Range

Categories Health, Technology
To clean water, researchers have designed swarms of tiny, spherical robots (light yellow) that collect bacteria (green) and small pieces of plastic (gray).

Microrobots Clean Microplastics and Bacteria from Water

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans, Technology
A waterproof e-glove makes it easier for scuba divers to communicate underwater.

Underwater “E-Glove” Translates Divers’ Hand Gestures into Messages

Categories Technology
Researchers harvest more energy from waves by moving a liquid–solid nanogenerator’s electrode to the end of the tube where the water crashes.

A simple way to harvest more ‘blue energy’ from waves

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Physics & Mathematics
This flexible and conductive material has “adaptive durability,” meaning it gets stronger when hit.

Hitting this stretchy, electronic material makes it tougher

Categories Technology
a very fit person holding a pill

Scientists Discover Compounds That Mimic Exercise Benefits in Cells

Categories Health
a backyard deck made of composite material

Scientists Develop Carbon-Negative Decking Material That Helps Combat Climate Change

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
These soft materials (chicken on the left and tomato on the right) permanently stick to hard surfaces just by passing electricity through them.

You don’t need glue to hold these materials together — just electricity

Categories Physics & Mathematics
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