Physical Science How can your smartphone make water safe to drink? Scientists developed a small device and an app which can be used with a smartphone to kill harmful bacteria in water.
Technology How can rescuers quickly find people lost at sea? Scientists created a new method of using information about the ocean to help rescuers find missing people quickly.
Pollution How can poop be cleaned and reused? Researchers wanted to find out if they could build a low-cost wastewater treatment option using only materials found locally in Madagascar.
Health and Medicine Can we detect HIV quickly and accurately from a drop of blood? Scientists wanted to create a cheap, portable, and reliable method to detect HIV in the early stages of infection.
Biology Can graphene in your clothing stop mosquito bites? Scientists exposed humans wearing clothes with graphene to mosquitoes to find out whether this material can protect us against these insects.
Biology How can we simulate a ‘lab-on-a-chip’? Scientists created a virtual chip simulator before producing the chip physically to ease the manufacturing process.
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