Tech & Engineering

Sugar + weed killer = potential clean energy source

Researchers at Brigham Young University have developed a fuel cell – basically a battery with a gas tank – that harvests electricity from glucose and other sugars known as carbohydrates.

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How to spell B-Y-U with DNA

Researchers from Brigham Young University found how to shape customized segments of DNA into tiny letters that spell “BYU.” This new method of DNA origami will appear in the aptly titled journal Nano Letters.

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How termites help build structures

BYU student engineers teach Mozambicans novel construction method

BYU student engineers were challenged to create a low-cost, sustainable building material for impoverished villagers in Mozambique. They turned to an unlikely source for their creative solution, which they have since traveled to the African nation to implement.

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