Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat to electricity more efficiently, meaning we would need less fossil ...
Energy & Green Tech
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Researchers have developed a simple device that can detect an oil spill in water and then pinpoint the type of oil present on the surface. The device is designed to float on the water, where it could remotely monitor a small ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 6, 2017
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A group of Waseda University researchers has developed a new process using palladium or nickel as a catalyst for removing carbon monoxide from esters to produce ethers. This innovation provides new opportunities for development ...
Materials Science
Mar 6, 2017
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Norway, which already boasts the world's highest number of electric cars per capita, said Monday that electric or hybrid cars represented half of new registrations in the country so far this year.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2017
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The Darknet is a part of the internet that people can access and use anonymously. This privacy and the ability to work away from prying eyes means that the network is frequently used for anonymous exchanges of sensitive information ...
Security
Mar 6, 2017
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Sometimes understanding how a problem arises in the first place is key to finding its solution. For a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, taking this approach led them ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2017
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A new, freely accessible database of organic and organometallic materials' electronic structures is now available online for research with quantum materials.
Condensed Matter
Mar 6, 2017
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Tossing coins in a fountain for luck is a popular superstition, but a similar belief brought misery to a sea turtle in Thailand from whom doctors have removed 915 coins.
Ecology
Mar 6, 2017
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The nature of the dark matter which apparently makes up 80% of the mass of the particles in the universe is still one of the great unsolved mysteries of present day sciences. The lack of experimental evidence, which could ...
Astronomy
Mar 6, 2017
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The bakery industry is a large supplier of jobs and revenue, but on the other side of the coin, it is hungry for energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2017
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