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February 28, 2020

4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About -- Episode 39

 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About

Stinging snot bombs, graphene from trash in a flash, coronavirus creature feature, and sweating robots – cool!



Researchers create 3D-printed, sweating robot muscle


http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/01/researchers-create-3d-printed-sweating-robot-muscle

Cornell University Italian Institute of Technology’s Center for Micro-BioRobotics Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash

https://news.rice.edu/2020/01/27/rice-lab-turns-trash-into-valuable-graphene-in-a-flash/

Rice University Universal Matter Ltd. C-Crete Technologies Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?


https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/10/coronavirus-outbreak-raises-question-why-are-bat-viruses-so-deadly/

University of California, Berkeley Albert Einstein College of Medicine Princeton University Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Stinging water mystery solved - Jellyfish can sting swimmers, prey with 'mucus grenades'


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/s-swm021020.php
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History National Aquarium University of Kansas Rice University Texas A&M University Stanford University California State University

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