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‘Painting’ the Mona Lisa with bacteria

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Researchers from the Sapienza University of Rome ‘painted’ portraits of the Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and others, by using genetically modified bacteria. Many bacteria are able to move in response to environmental signals, ...

Polyurethane foam Oleo Sponge successfully removes oil sheen

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Developed last year, the so-called Oleo Sponge, which is made of polyurethane foam, has proven itself in real-life circumstances, cleaning up even hard-to-clean oil sheen. The Oleo Sponge, which looks somewhat like an outdoor seat ...

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Constructing furniture and tents with cardboard

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Various institutions use cardboard to construct anything from tents to furniture, which are easy to put up and cheap to produce. Cardboard is a sustainable, recyclable and strong material, excellent to use as packaging material. ...

Transparent Komorebi pavilion is made from pliable plastic

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Students from Harvard University and researchers from Tokyo University designed the Komorebi Pavilion, a fully transparent structure made from PETG modules. In the project, the students were challenged to design a pavilion using non-traditional forms and ...

Halo shirt’s smart foam collar protects athletes from whiplash

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Canadian start-up Aexos developed Halo, a compression shirt fitted with a collar made of smart material that helps reduce whiplash of the head and neck during impact in contact sports, without affecting the range of ...

Hand-woven scarves printed with pollution

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Designer Kelly Gijsen of Maj Studio worked with various weaver families in India to make hand-woven scarves, which are dyed with natural dyes and printed with Air Ink, made from pollution. Frustrated about the current ...