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How engineers developed a self-aware and self-powered material
How engineers developed a self-aware and self-powered material

Imagine if a bridge or a heart stent could provide advanced warning long before any potential issues arose. The Intelligent Structural Monitoring and Response Testing (iSMaRT) Lab at the University of Pittsburgh designed a whole new class of materials that is seemingly self-aware — and self-powered!

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The Great Escape: 30 years later, tunnels under Berlin Wall open to the public
The Great Escape: 30 years later, tunnels under Berlin Wall open to the public

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, a symbol that long-represented the stark divide with communist-led East Germany, a newly discovered escape tunnel was opened to the public in November 2019.

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The most talked-about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019
The most talked-about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019

A spinal micro-implant that helps paralysis patients regain motor functions. A coal processing plant now serving as a solar power facility. A liquid polymer that can move and grab objects. These are five of the most talked about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019.

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