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Error forecasting for safer fusion energy
September 24, 2020
Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good engineering, and a little finesse. The process entails trapping charged, ultra-hot gas known as plasma so its particles...
Plant-based supercapacitor delivers 900 x energy efficiency
September 11, 2020
In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near...
Environmentally friendly silicon recycling
September 10, 2020
Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Their research was published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry
September 4, 2020
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
Improved cybernetics hardware – human interfacing
August 17, 2020
Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor for tumour development...
Can efficiency and sustainability coexist?
August 17, 2020
Allison Paradise, CEO of My Green lab, a non-profit organization and Marc Boreham vice president and general manager of Agilent's Laboratory Enterprise Solutions Division share their views on the interplay...
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Plugging the power leak for fusion reactions
August 6, 2020
Scientists have found a novel way to prevent pesky magnetic bubbles in plasma from interfering with fusion reactions - delivering a potential way to improve the performance of fusion energy...
Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
August 4, 2020
A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly attach hydrogels – a jelly-like substance which is structurally similar to soft tissue in the...
Splash down for first commercial crew flight to Space Station
August 3, 2020
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space...
Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission launched
July 31, 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.
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