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Battery breakthrough is at hand
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While the rest of the world was waiting around for that better mousetrap, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a startling breakthrough in battery technology. Continue Reading →
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Researchers edge toward artificial photosynthesis
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a process that allows them to imitate photosynthesis—a potentially critical breakthrough in the search for clean, sustainable energy. Continue Reading →
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These Hobbits are really, really old
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The small, chinless "Hobbits" of Indonesia, cousins of modern humans also known as Homo floresiensis ("Flores Man"), turn out to be older than scientists had previously thought.` Continue Reading →
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Engineer paints it blacker than black
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This Purdue University electrical and computer engineering professor is undoubtedly running in the black, due to his creation of a blacker-than-black metamaterial that absorbs virtually all light. Continue Reading →
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Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge
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Putting aside mind-blowing cost overruns, along with delays at a Chinese steel fabrication plant, engineers and scientists are following the equally mind-blowing construction feats in the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Continue Reading →
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“The Last Supper” gets supersized
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Over the years, artists' depictions of Jesus' last supper have upped the ante on the portions—by a whopper-sized 69 percent. Continue Reading →
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Conservapedia calls Theory of Relativity a ‘liberal conspiracy’
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Conservapedia list 28 "Counterexamples to Relativity" and associates the theory with the philosophy of relativism. Continue Reading →
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Scientist studies sound sleepers, spindles
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A study conducted by Harvard neurologist Jeffrey Ellenbogen examines the makings of a sound sleeper. Continue Reading →
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New tech turns ordinary windows into solar cells
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New thin-film technology could also be applied to other surfaces, turning buildings into power generators. Continue Reading →