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Engineers make tunable, shape-changing metamaterial inspired by vintage toys

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Now, a team of engineers has created a new class of tunable dynamic material that mimics the inner workings of push puppets, with applications for soft robotics, reconfigurable architectures and space engineering.

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Engineers design soft and flexible 'skeletons' for muscle-powered robots

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Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid robots.

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Researchers engineer in vivo delivery system for prime editing, partially restoring vision in mice

Broad Institute

A team of researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has engineered virus-like particles to deliver prime editors to cells in mice at a high enough efficiency to rescue a genetic disorder. However, delivering the complex gene editing machinery to cells in living animals has been challenging.

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Scientists cut harmful pollution from hydrogen engines

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Scientists have discovered a low-cost method to significantly reduce this pollution from hydrogen internal combustion engines by improving the efficiency of their catalytic converters.

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Team engineers new enzyme to produce synthetic genetic material

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A research team describes how they engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a synthetic genetic material called threose nucleic acid.

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A simple 'twist' improves the engine of clean fuel generation

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Researchers have found a way to super-charge the 'engine' of sustainable fuel generation -- by giving the materials a little twist. The researchers are developing low-cost light-harvesting semiconductors that power devices for converting water into clean hydrogen fuel, using just the power of the sun.

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Scientists engineer plant microbiome to protect crops against disease

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Scientists have engineered the microbiome of plants for the first time, boosting the prevalence of 'good' bacteria that protect the plant from disease. The findings could substantially reduce the need for environmentally destructive pesticides.