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Higher Order Interactions & Hypergraphs

Quanta Magazine published an interesting article on the new frontiers of graph theory within computer science where big data is starting the stretch the capabilities of regular graphs in favour of, in some circumstances, hyper-graphs and higher order interactions to better model and analyse relationships within the highly connected data.

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Green Steel

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SSAB in Sweden has become the world's first producer of fossil-free green steel created with green hydrogen instead of coal. The green steel was produced for Volvo who will use it to manufacture electric trucks.

Environment

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Solar Energy From Orbit

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Caltech are working on a solar energy project that will put solar panels in geo-stationery orbit to generate energy and beam that power using microwaves to the surface.

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MUV-C Portable UV Disinfector

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CW Applied Technology based in Shannon, Co. Clare has developed a mobile UV disinfector that uses hospital grade disinfection to clean a room.

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Faster Than Wind Travel

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A former aerospace engineer turned YouTuber Rick Cavellero designed a land yacht that harnesses the power of the wind to propel itself faster than said wind. After online disagreements with physics professors, one who bet him $10,000 that it wasn't possible according to the laws of perpetual motion, he built the real thing and won the bet!

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Soundproofing Screws

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A team at Malmö University have developed a new soundproofing screw that, when used between dry wall panels and wooden studs, can reduce through-the-wall sound levels by 9 Db!

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Stratosphere Balloon Telescope

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SuperBIT (the Superpressure balloon-borne imaging telescope) is a football stadium sized balloon that will float around the world at 40,000 feet in the stratosphere to take precision images of space with a precision stabilised telescope suspended from the bottom. The project hopes to achieve Hubble level image results without the cost of a launching an orbital telescope into space.

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Finger Sweat Electricity Generation

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Engineers at University of California San Diego created a wearable fingertip device that can generate 400 millijoules of electricity from sweat during a 10 hour sleep. Apparently our fingertips produce 100 to 1000 times more sweat than any other part of our bodies!

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Cholera Rice Vaccine

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Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed a vaccine for Cholera that is delivered using genetically modified rice, which has successfully completed phase 1 human trials. The edible Cholerea vaccine hides in the membranes of fat in protein droplets within the rice cells, protecting it from the digestive system.

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Facemask COVID Detector

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Researchers at MIT and Harvard have developed a COVID-19 detection system that is integrated into a facemask which tests the wearer's breath for COVID-19 in ninety minutes. The wFDCF technology uses freeze dried test moelcules that are activated when water is released into the testing unit via release button. The system combines the high accuracy of a PCR test with the speed and low cost of an antigen test.

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