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COP16 Dispatch: Week 2 Open Source and LLMs, Reflections from the Back Row of COP16

View from the seating area assigned to Academia and Research in the Amazonia Room at the Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacífico, Cali, Colombia, during COP16. An attendee from Business and Industry extends their arms to lift their phone and capture a photo of the plenary session.

Cristian Román shares unique insights from attending COP16 in Cali, Colombia, exploring the interplay of science, policy, and equity. Highlights include challenges with proprietary biodiversity tools, ethical concerns surrounding AI in policy compliance, and academia’s role in negotiations, raising critical questions about accessibility, collaboration, and power dynamics.

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Building roots in glass, a bio-inspired approach to creating 3D microvascular networks using plants and fungi

Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as molds. The team grew plants and fungi in nanoparticles of silica, then baked out the plants and solidified the glass. What remains is glass with micrometer-sized networks where the roots used to be.

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Building roots in glass, a bio-inspired approach to creating 3D microvascular networks using plants and fungi

Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as molds. The team grew plants and fungi in nanoparticles of silica, then baked out the plants and solidified the glass. What remains is glass with micrometer-sized networks where the roots used to be.

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