SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 22, 2025

 

Dancing Madly Backwards.

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Vol II No 48

314 links Curated

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Scientists have developed a shapeshifting material that can carry many times its weight.

https://thedebrief.org/shapeshifting-robotics-breakthrough-reveals-adaptive-materials-that-morph-and-carry-weight/

Tags: #fluidization #convergent #elongations #load-bearing

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Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/invisible-dna-lurks-everywhere-in-the-environment-and-were-on-the-verge-of-decoding-its-secrets

Tags: #Octantis #eDNA #AI #sequencing

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Researchers have developed a biobased hair conditioner using lignin gel.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221171344.htm

Tags: #biomass #emulsions #stabilize #haircare

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New device uses electrically assisted wind to fight fires.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250204132028.htm

Tags: #vortex #rings #electricity #ozone

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Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221171350.htm

Tags: #nutrient #release #beads #glass

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