LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery
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Engineering question about rust free steel construction
What do companies do to make their products corrosion resistant?
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Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs
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Giant anaconda sneaks up on unsuspecting riverboat captain (Diorama)
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New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells
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Transparent wood is stronger than plastic and tougher than glass
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These 3D printers print 3D printers! Touring inside Prusa Research's factory to see how they make their 3d printers (using their 3d printers!) and their filament.
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Sweden's Modvion inaugurates world's tallest wooden wind turbine – 105m tower's strength comes from 144 layers of laminated veneer lumber that make its thick walls
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Making purple gold
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Watch gravity pull two metal balls together
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Japan's Nippon Steel to acquire US Steel for $14.9 billion
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Why scientists are making transparent wood
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I made a majestic (reverse) centaur
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Why railroad tracks don't need expansion joints
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The most expensive fabric on Earth is totally illegal to own
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Natural draft furnace iron smelting
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Bamboo rising: Lari Octa Green shelters by Yasmeen Lari in Sindh province, Pakistan
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Making a Victorian-inspired cape for ultimate witchy vibes
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Sweden's Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn't rely on scarce raw materials
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How Olympic curling stones are made | So Expensive
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Companies knew the dangers of PFAS 'forever chemicals'—and kept them secret
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Aardman Animation only has enough clay for one more movie
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Why a Dutch designer is knitting jumpers from human hair
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Site Zero recycling plant in the city of Motala should double the amount of plastic packaging being recycled in Sweden
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Exxon aims to become a top lithium producer for electric vehicles with Arkansas drill operation
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US reenters the nuclear fuel game
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The odd history of goalie masks
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At the Icelandic home of Katrín Þorvaldsdóttir, foraged material like seaweed is turned into masks, clothing and even shoes
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A cast saw can't cut through skin. Find out why in slow motion.
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Making bulletproof wood
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CNC machining a wooden Game Boy
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Sculpting a 16th century alchemy dragon
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Researchers develop new mechanism to create water-repellent surfaces
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'License to hide': Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar
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The Silk Road: Eight goods traded along the ancient network
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Is it really 100% cotton? Smartphone-sized device can analyze fabrics.
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Vikings and glass windows
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Roboforming: the future of metalworking?
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I carved a swan out of epoxy and a buckeye burl to create this unique piece of artwork
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Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles
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Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions"
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China exports of gallium and germanium, used in manufacture of semiconductors, fell to zero in August
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure: dating back half a million years and predating the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens
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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
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Union Pacific still says a leak caused thirty tons of explosives ingredient ammonium nitrate to go missing
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Paper cups are just as toxic as plastic cups
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Should airships make a comeback?
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Bisphenol A: Health experts drastically reduce safe intake limits of widespread plastic
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Concrete stamp from Swiss Post
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The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America
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