Lithium-ion batteries remain the technology-of-choice for today's crop of electric cars, but challengers are revving up to try to upset the current order. An article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2015
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In some vitrous substances, when heated, not one, but two physical mechanisms are reponsible for crystallization, as scientists working at the Insitiute of Nuclear Physics in Krakow, Poland, have discovered. The first-time ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 22, 2015
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Automakers are looking for ways to improve their fleets' average fuel efficiency, and scientists may have a new way to help them. In a report in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, one team reports the development ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2015
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Michigan State University has netted a $5.1 million National Science Foundation grant to explore the diverse world of mints.
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2015
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project got a $100 million boost this week from Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. While this may seem like a lot of money to spend on a nearly impossible task, many astronomers ...
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2015
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Curious passersby press their faces up to my lab's window in lower Manhattan as our rotating table swings into action.
Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2015
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Most experts agree that to have a shot at curbing the worst impacts of climate change, we need to extricate our society from fossil fuels and ramp up our use of renewable energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2015
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Rhapsody International, the operator of the Rhapsody and Napster streaming music services, says it has surpassed 3 million paying subscribers globally as more consumers realize the benefits of offline listening.
Internet
Jul 22, 2015
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You may have never seen or heard of it, but hair ice - a type of ice that has the shape of fine, silky hairs and resembles white candy floss - is remarkable. It grows on the rotten branches of certain trees when the weather ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2015
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Researchers evaluated the potential capabilities of six white rot fungi to break down oil in contaminated canal waters.
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2015
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