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A step towards an environmentally friendly Lithium ion battery

November 13, 2020
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We all love the idea of an electric car and Elon Musk's Tesla is almost accessible to even a poorly paid scientist... well... almost. However, some of us have remained...
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Self-watering soil could transform farming

November 9, 2020
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They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the most pressing challenges for many nations across the globe. For centuries, humanity...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food Science, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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Do octopuses’ arms have a mind of their own?

November 4, 2020
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Often described as aliens, octopuses are one of most unusual creatures on the planet, with three hearts, eight limbs and a keen intelligence. They can open jars, solve puzzles and...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Zoology
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Significant water deposits on the moon confirmed

October 26, 2020
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If you got trapped on the moon you'd at least be able to fill your water bottle according to NASA's new findings. After promising the world to expect an exciting...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Physics
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Science and scientists held in high esteem across the globe

October 1, 2020
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As the world looks to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments and preventive strategies for the novel coronavirus, a new Pew Research Center international survey...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Plant-based supercapacitor delivers 900 x energy efficiency

September 11, 2020
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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...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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Environmentally friendly silicon recycling

September 10, 2020
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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.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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New fossil ape discovered in India

September 9, 2020
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A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Paleobiology
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Fungus leather: new front-runner for sustainable clothing material

September 9, 2020
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In a new review paper by the University of Vienna, Imperial College London, and RMIT University in Australia, researchers argue that leather made from fungi has "considerable potential" to be...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Parasitology
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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
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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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Physics, Zoology
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