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The hole in the ozone layer may be on the mend, but its environmental impacts are ongoing. A new review study has examined the effects that the extra UV radiation is having on the environment, such as shifting climate zones, changing ocean temperatures and making some species more vulnerable.

Remember the garbage-collecting Oscar the Grouch, from Sesame Street? Well, an orbital-debris-gathering spacecraft now bears his name. Known as OSCaR ("Obsolete Spacecraft Capture and Removal"), the semi-autonomous craft is currently being developed at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

It’s no easy feat to find dark matter, since it's invisible and barely interacts with regular matter. Now the results are in from one of the most comprehensive dark matter experiments ever run, and while the stuff was again a no-show, the study helps scientists zero in on where it might be hiding.

IBM's Watson supercomputer is going to Rensselaer Polytechnic University where it will be the object of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and will (virtually) attend courses in English and math to hone its analytic skills.

Scientists have shown that anodes made from graphene oxide paper could allow Li-ion batteries to charge and discharge ten times faster than is presently possible.

VirtualDose utilizes computer models of different body types to advise physicians on which CT scanning configurations will produce the least amount of radiation.

Scientists have developed a tiny sensor, that could wirelessly transmit data on the status of orthopedic implants.

Foam made from graphene has been shown to be ten times more effective than traditional polymer sensors, when it comes to detecting gases associated with explosives.

Researchers have created an efficient new thermoelectric nanomaterial, that could be used to harvest waste heat for conversion into electricity.