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The 'wall of wind' can blow the whole house away
The 'Wall of Wind' at Florida International University helps engineers test the strength of a building against winds of up to 257 km/h.
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Technology turns food waste into edible cement
Research group Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai at the University of Tokyo have developed technology to convert food waste into edible cement for construction purposes.
Environment
Developing the world's fastest CO2 capture system
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new compound that removes carbon dioxide from the air 99% of the time and twice as fast as current system…
Environment
Future temperatures challenge human survivability
The extreme heat that is testing the limits of human survival will continue to rise, challenging the body's ability to fight back and making many parts of the world unin…
Oceanography
How did sharks survive the extinction disaster?
Not only survived natural disasters, sharks also survived the Big Five, a series of five mass extinction events that wiped out animal and plant species over millions of…
Animal world
Scientist is shocked when an experiment accidentally causes hamsters to 'change their behavior'
Researchers at Georgia State University, USA are shocked after gene editing experiments make hamsters more aggressive
Scientific application
New technique helps recycle wood into stronger material than steel
A team at the University of British Columbia has developed a new technique that turns waste wood into a material that is five times stronger than natural wood.
New technology
Cheap gel membrane can suck water every day out of thin air
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated an inexpensive gel membrane that can suck many liters of water a day out of the air.
World celebrity
Top 8 youngest professors in the world: Teaching university at the age of 18
Around the world, there are many people who graduated from university before they even reached their teenage years and became professors, teaching university level to th…
World celebrity
Canada's first female nuclear physicist, comparable to Marie Curie
Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 - April 17, 1933) is famous for his work on nuclear change and radioactivity. She was one of the first to discover radon in 1901.
Science story
Prodigy with higher IQ than Albert Einstein: Math genius, was expelled from school in the past because he was too smart
Surely many people will have to 'sweat' when learning about the life of Dao Triet Hien - a Chinese math prodigy.
Medicine - Health
New research shows: Having a third child makes parents almost 7 years older
Having three or more children can make parents at least 6.2 years older, according to new research published in the American Library of Medicine.
Science Events
The Earth's core shows signs of leaking in Hawaii
The mystery of the 'ultra-low-velocity zone' - a mysterious mass of matter located in the deep mantle of the Earth that seismic waves seem to be 'tied' when traveling ho…
Medicine - Health
New study: Brain gene editing to treat anxiety and alcoholism
According to the results of a study published in the journal Science Advances, brain gene editing could be a potential treatment for anxiety disorders and alcoholism.
History
Revealing the mysterious cause of 'Gulf War Syndrome'
Scientists at Texas Southwestern University (USA) announced the mystery of the cause