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McGill engineers, led by Changhong Cao, saw the mosquito’s thin, flexible proboscis as a precision tool and successfully repurposed it as a 3D printer tip, as reported in "Science Advances". Lake Mead ...

Three members of the US House of Representatives on Friday introduced a resolution aimed at terminating President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration that imposed tariffs of up to 50 per ...

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James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

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