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Saving The World One Bionic Leaf At A Time

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss artificial, bionic leaf, fertilizer, fuel, Harvard, lab, Leaf, leaves, MIT, Nocera, photosynthesis, silver

The “bionic leaf” is a small man-made solar collector that takes sunlight and water and turns it into any of a variety of usable fuels or fertilizers.

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Are 3D Printers Safe to Use?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer 3D, 3d printer, ABS, lab, maker, PLA, plastic, safety, UFP, ultrafine particles, VOCs, volatile organic compounds

Are 3d printers safe to use? High-tech gizmos could revolutionize manufacturing, but let’s work out the health & environmental kinks first…

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