Algen retten die Welt

Mikroalgen fressen Abgase aus Kohlekraftwerken auf. Das reduziert erheblich ihren CO2-Ausstoß. Dies macht uns den Pflanzenschleim sympathisch: Er dämpft den Treibhauseffekt.
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New form for an old fuel

Colloidal coal-water suspensions may rise to the challenges of clean coal technology with the help of a new production method. At the very least, they won't settle - thanks to new research led by Gustavo Núñez of Nano Dispersions Technology in Panama.
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Tech in Sight

Here we are in the future, yet we’re still wasting time stuck in traffic and trussed in a pressurized cabin for long hours in flight. For the speed boost that was promised us in so many futuristic movies, look to these three technologies.
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Rapid Tech Firms Aid Medical and Dental Fields
- In the past year, if you or someone you know has had a dental crown installation, new hearing aid fitted, or electrotherapy treatment, the procedure likely involved an additive manufacturing (AM) process
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A Robot in the Kitchen
- Rosie, the robot who kept house for the title family in 'The Jetsons,' a 1960s animated television show, has at last come alive—sort of. Before you'll see a robot slicing cucumbers in your kitchen, researchers will need to make these mechanical servants smarter. Here's how three teams are tackling this challenge
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Making Engineers Smart—and Savvy

Pushed by an entrepreneurial alumnus, MIT is determined to retire the stereotype of the antisocial engineer. Come June, the Bernard M. Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program will graduate its first class
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Heavy Rotation
- Can you get faster engineering development, better product quality, and cheaper production costs all at once? NASA pushed this line aggressively in the last decade and wound up with a disastrous, credibility-busting string of space mission failures
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Review: Cloud Engines' Pogoplug
- As wireless Internet connectivity gets better, cloud storage—storing your data ”out there,” on Internet servers—seems more reasonable. But which cloud? It seems risky to store all your personal information on someone else’s server
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Energie bis in alle Ewigkeit?
- Forscher versprechen uns unbegrenzten Strom aus Fusionskraftwerken – klimafreundlich und wenig radioaktive Abfälle. ITER ist ein Hoffnungsschimmer, mit vielerlei Geburtsproblemen
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