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r/tech

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The goal of /r/tech is to provide a space dedicated to the intelligent discussion of innovations and changes to technology in our ever changing world. We focus on high quality news articles about technology and informative and thought provoking self posts.

Popular Topics in r/tech

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: "MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”"
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Popular Posts in r/tech

MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”
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Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear for the First Time
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World's 1st rhino pregnancy via embryo transfer offers hope to save species | Wildlife conservationists hail this groundbreaking achievement and see it as a potential step toward the protection of the critically endangered northern white rhino.
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A breakthrough clinical trial using gene therapy has restored hearing to five children born deaf | After six months, the children were able to recognize speech and hold conversations, raising hopes for wider use in the near future.
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Sugar cane waste converted into concrete-beating Sugarcrete | Substance has been incorporated into an eco-friendly building material
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Korean researchers develop heat-resistant material that withstands 1000°C/1832°F | Not just high temperatures, the material also works well under extreme UV exposure making it ideal for applications in space too.
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Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Taken Its Final Flight. Originally designed for up to five flights on Mars, Ingenuity performed 72 over three years, until one of its rotor blades was damaged during landing on January 18.
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"Dirt-powered fuel cell" draws near-limitless energy from soil | Paperback-sized device that nestles in soil, harvests power created as microbes break down dirt.
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"Millennium Camera" to take a 1,000-year long-exposure photo
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DNA From the Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Could Lead to New Lifesaving Drugs, Scientists Say. Researchers catalogued the genes of more than 300 million groups of marine bacteria, viruses and fungi in hopes that the database could lead to breakthroughs in medicine, energy and agriculture.
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In a First, a Prosthetic Limb Can Sense Temperature Like a Living Hand
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Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
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This new piezoelectric bandage can heal broken bones faster | The future of bone healing could feature 'bone bandages' that harness piezoelectricity and natural minerals.
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How bacteria and self-healing roads could soon fix the UK’s 750,000 potholes
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