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Producing artificial spider silk lighter than cotton, more durable than steel
This work was done by a team at Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) using bacteria to synthesize spider silk proteins.
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Successful manufacture of long-life, high-performance radioactive batteries
The University of Missouri has just announced a successful production of a battery system with a long life and far higher efficiency than current battery technology.
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Photoacoustic equipment for early detection of skin cancer
Researchers at the University of Missouri, USA, have successfully fabricated a photoacoustic (laser-based ultrasound-based) imaging device that detects (faster, cheaper…
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The first town was powered by wind power
Four turbines power the 1300 town of Rockport in the United States, making it the first community in the United States to rely entirely on wind power to operate.