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UST, '청정 원전 해체' 길 열었다…신규 제염제 개발
연구성과 요약도 ⓒ과학기술연합대학원대 제공 원자력발전소를 해체할 때 방사성 오염물질은 제거하면서 독성 약품 사용량은 줄이고, 제염 후 남은 폐액까지 하나의 공정으로 처리할 수 있는 친환경 통합 기술이 개발됐다. 14..
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"꿀벌 침은 몸에서 떨어져도 계속 독액 주입하는 '미세 펌프'"
꿀벌이 침을 쏘면 침은 동물 피부에 박히지만 그 상태에서도 독액을 계속 주입한다. 몸에서 분리된 작은 꿀벌 침이 어떻게 스스로 움직이며 독액을 밀어 넣는지 그 작동 원리가 밝혀졌다. 실험용 인공 젤에 박힌 꿀벌의 침 ⓒAjay..
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The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for mont..
MIT Technology Review
How much more can nuclear power plants give?
In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible. Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest nuclear operator in the US, announced plans..
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Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind
Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense of self-awareness or to pin down precis..
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Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life
Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs. The kidneys—which are similar in size to human ones—were left in a glass-..
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