Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%
Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet, by planting more trees on unused land
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Augmented reality helps transform minimally invasive surgery
An augmented reality headset that displays CT images alongside an endoscopic video of patient anatomy can improve minimally invasive surgery
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Nanophotonic structures enable artificial vision
New “smart” glass can distinguish between different objects and could find applications in areas like facial recognition
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Sorghum yields in Ethiopian highlands could fall by 40%
More intense El Niños could bring more early-season droughts
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Smartphone-based telemedical eye screening could save sight
A project in India will use smartphone cameras to provide cost-effective telemedical screening for diabetic retinopathy
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Hyperbolic lattice appears in a coplanar waveguide array
Device can be used to reproduce the physics of negative curvature in non-Euclidean space
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‘Colossal elastocaloric effect’ could lead to better refrigerators
Material changes temperature by over 30 degrees when squeezed
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Human blood–brain barrier engineered on a microchip
Enhanced human blood–brain barrier chip performs in vivo-like drug and antibody transport
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‘Salt fingers’ trail to bottom of Dead Sea
Fluid dynamics uncovers mystery of salt crystal snow
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Proton imaging moves a step closer to the clinic
A device that performs proton CT and radiography could be used both for image guidance and estimation of proton beam range in the clinic
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