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SciTech Briefs

This week's SciTech Briefs cover Earth-like planets, ultrasound treatments, elusive S waves, wolf packs, Pokémon Go, and soft robots.

CMU students win Geothermal Design Challenge prizes

Recently, three CMU design students, Marisa Lu, Tiffany Lai and Susie Lee, won the grand prize for their infographic on geothermal energy.

The process of concrete: cement, sand, water mix together

This week's How Things Works walks through the process behind making concrete.

Pokémon GO users encounter augmented reality on phone

Pokémon GO utilizes augmented reality, ultimately amplifying our own human capabilities.

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