Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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