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The science of better beer

Advances in the lab are adding variety, efficiency and precision to age-old brewing traditions

Microbes in the medical bag

Genetically engineered gut bacteria hold promise for safe, targeted therapies

The photosynthesis fix

As world food needs rise, so does the need for faster, more efficient plant growth. Bypassing an error-prone enzyme is one way to do it.

Bumpy air boosts wind power

Turbulence regenerates gust strength between turbines, influencing design of arrays that can pull energy from the sky

A fine time for slime

Hagfish repel predators with fast-forming super goop. Scientists are attracted to its potential for biomaterials.

Roles for robots

Robots are getting geared up for a variety of human health and social uses

Chemistry on paper may make diagnoses cheap and portable

Next-gen microfluidic sensors could improve health monitoring at home and far afield

A robotic window on the human mind

Engineers aim to build machines that put people at ease. The effort reveals truths about ourselves.

Heterostructures get a quantum buildup

A summary of “Quantum-Matter Heterostructures” by H. Boschker and J. Mannhart that appears in the 2017 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Getting it ripe

From meh to wow: The science of fruit maturation reveals new paths to better flavor

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