Technology and engineering

FREAKY FUTURE Is silicon-based life (illustrated above) out there in the universe? The jury is still out — but with a little help from humans, life on Earth might be able to sprinkle a little silicon in with its carbon. LEI CHEN AND YAN LIANG (BEAUTYOFSCIENCE.COM) FOR CALTECH

Breeding Smart Enzymes Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Bringing silicon to life

Annotated by Sujatha Krishnaswamy

Annotated on 08/30/2021

Originally published 11/25/2016

Eliminating friction at the nanoscale Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

Annotated by Jyothirmayee Aravind. S.S

Annotated on 09/26/2019

Originally published 06/05/2015

Shooting the messenger: Editing RNA mutations RNA editing with CRISPR-Cas13

Annotated by Natalia Kruglova

Annotated on 05/16/2019

Originally published 11/24/2017

Solar-powered material turns air into water Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight

Annotated by Claire Deo

Annotated on 04/30/2019

Originally published 04/28/2017

Driving on autopilot: The ethics of self-driving cars The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

Annotated by Alane Lim

Annotated on 02/28/2019

Originally published 06/24/2016

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What flies can teach us about searching the web A neural algorithm for a fundamental computing problem

Annotated by Iris Stone

Annotated on 11/29/2018

Originally published 11/10/2017

Out of Africa: What skin color tells us about human evolution Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

Annotated by Allison Mayle , Beth Ruedi PhD

Annotated on 04/25/2018

Originally published 10/12/2017

High-throughput screening of drug leads Nanomole-scale high-throughput chemistry for the synthesis of complex molecules

Annotated by Gurshagan Kandhola

Annotated on 08/23/2016

Originally published 01/02/2015

An image of neurons in a mouse hippocampus taken with expansion microscopy. Credit Ed Boyden, Fei Chen, Paul Tillberg/MIT

Expanding the limits of optical resolution Expansion microscopy

Annotated by Bob Kao

Annotated on 07/27/2016

Originally published 01/30/2015

Can we handle the power of CRISPR? The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous to homozygous mutations

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 07/26/2016

Originally published 04/24/2015

Light as a feather, strong as an ox Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

Annotated by Pierre Nauleau

Annotated on 06/24/2016

Originally published 06/20/2014

Seeing the forest for the trees High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change

Annotated by Hilary Barker

Annotated on 05/25/2016

Originally published 11/15/2013

Say goodbye to stains Robust self-cleaning surfaces that function when exposed to either air or oil

Annotated by Patricia Weisensee

Annotated on 04/01/2016

Originally published 03/06/2015

Lighting up life Green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 03/18/2016

Originally published 02/11/1994

Western U.S. on the rise Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States

Annotated by Erin Elisabeth Cunningham

Annotated on 02/19/2016

Originally published 09/26/2014

Unidirectional growth...the road to designer micelles Non-centrosymmetric cylindrical micelles by unidirectional growth

Annotated by Tessy Thomas

Annotated on 10/02/2015

Originally published 08/03/2012

Does Earth have a sixth ocean? Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle

Annotated by Sam Haugland

Annotated on 07/10/2015

Originally published 06/13/2014

Twist and shout Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread

Annotated by Jessica Boehler

Annotated on 05/29/2015

Originally published 02/21/2014

Fussy about filaments Actin network architecture can determine myosin motor activity

Annotated by Samantha Knoll

Annotated on 01/23/2015

Originally published 06/08/2012

Lights, motor neurons, and muscle action! Optical control of muscle function by transplantation of stem cell-derived motor neurons in mice

Annotated by Polly Huang

Annotated on 01/09/2015

Originally published 04/04/2014

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Quake, rattle, and roll Enhanced remote earthquake triggering at fluid-injection sites in the midwestern United States

Annotated by Nicholas van der Elst

Annotated on 04/11/2014

Originally published 07/12/2013

Lemmings: They're what's for dinner Cyclic dynamics in a simple vertebrate predator-prey community

Annotated by Fanny Bernardon

Annotated on 12/05/2013

Originally published 10/31/2003

A new diagnostic strategy for prostate cancer Urine TMPRSS2:ERG fusion transcript stratifies prostate cancer risk in men with elevated serum PSA

Annotated by Johanna Sandlund

Annotated on 07/10/2013

Originally published 08/03/2011

Experiments Einstein could only dream of Measurement of the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle

Annotated by Melissa McCartney PhD

Annotated on 07/10/2013

Originally published 05/10/2010

Replicating photosynthesis Wireless solar water splitting using silicon-based semiconductors and earth-abundant catalysts

Annotated by Melissa McCartney PhD

Annotated on 03/15/2012

Originally published 11/04/2011