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Long-distance Space Travel May Soon Be Possible With This Method Of Making...
There has been a growing number of discoveries of Earth-like planets around nearby stars. Clearly, long-distance space travel has never seemed more exciting! Not to mention, colonizing Mars. Yes, space...
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Scientists Have Created More Productive Crops By Hacking Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the foundation of life on Earth. It is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food. The process is made possible thanks to a big molecule, a protein, inside the leaves of...
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Alaska’s Waters Are Now Ice-free, A Warning Sign Of Changes To Come
July 2019 has been the warmest July on record and the summer overall has seen Alaska with the lowest levels of sea ice ever. Some areas of the state are completely ice free as record level temperatures...
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These Transparent Solar Panels Can Be Used As Windows And Cellphone Screens
Researchers in South Africa and Belgium, from Free State and Ghent University, have developed a very special glass that can shift non-visible light to a solar panel. By using certain phosphor materials...
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Hyundai’s New Car With Solar Roof Charging System Now Available
Hyundai is launching its first car with a solar roof charging system that will improve the cars fuel efficiency while preventing battery discharge and reducing CO2 emissions. This groundbreaking...
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Rotary Hydroponics: A Sustainable Source Of Fresh Vegetables On Your Countertop
Rotary hydroponics is a style of farming that was initially developed by NASA for use on the International Space Station. Now, a brilliant new company called Bace, founded in 2018, has created a rotary...
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Alaska’s Forest Composition Could Be Permanently Altered Due To Raging...
Alaska has experienced record high temperatures and disastrous wildfires this summer. As this overheating has been something reoccurring and steadily increasing over the recent years, a team of...
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Scientists Create Device That Channels Heat Into Light To Be Converted Into...
Solar cells are a truly ingenious creation. They present us with one of the best things modern technology can provide – clean electricity from sunlight. The downside is, they are not perfect. They are...
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Window Film Captures Solar Energy Then Releases It As Heat Through The Night
A few years back, scientists invented something called the Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) system – it takes solar energy and stores it in a liquid medium then later releases it as heat. Now, the team...
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This Artificial Leaf Converts Sunlight, CO2, And Water Into Synthetic Gas
A leaf is a marvelous machine that magically converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into energy for a plant. Naturally, with modern technological advances, scientists have been mimicking its process with...
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Eos Bioreactor: An Algae-based ‘Personal Carbon Capture’ Device
The carbon-absorbing abilities of algae may be one of the most potent tools as far (as organic processes go) for combating climate change. The natural phenomena of algae have been the topic of many...
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Teenager Invents Two-In-One Device That Generates Electricity And Purifies Water
Google hosts an international science fair for innovative teens every year. The objective is to solve a problem they care about with science. This year’s grand prize winner invented a method of pulling...
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New Satellite Measurements Reveal How Polluted Los Angeles’ Air Really Is
Ronald Cohen, a UC Berkeley atmospheric chemist, and his graduate student, Joshua Laughner, surveyed the skies above dozens of U.S. cities. The results revealed a surprising discovery about the smog...
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Plant Science Breakthrough Paves The Way To Photosynthesis 2.0
Biologists unlocked a critical mechanism in plants by solving a complex protein structure. Their discovery could lead to improvements in how photosynthesis works. What that means for the real world are...
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Solar-Powered, Hydrogen Fuel Producing ‘Artificial Leaf’
Materials scientist Jun Lou and colleagues from Rice University developed an “artificial leaf” that makes hydrogen fuel endlessly with only sunlight, water, and catalytic electrodes. Lou said: The...
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Mars Settlers Could Use CO2, Water, & Sunlight To Make Drugs & Plastic
Yes, oddly enough, humanity is planning to colonize Mars. However, as you could imagine, shipping things to the big red planet is not easy. It’s ridiculously expensive, and there’s a limited amount of...
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New And Improved Water-Splitter To Produce Hydrogen Fuel
Rice University researchers have developed a simple solar-powered device, similar to other “artificial leaf” designs, that can turn water and sunlight into hydrogen fuel. However, this new device is...
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Massive White Tarps Protect The Alpine Snow From Melting
Every summer, a team in northern Italy uses tractors to unravel massive tarps over the snowy Presena glacier to protect it from melting away. Global Warming has caused the Presena glacier to lose more...
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Ultra-White Paint Reflects 98% of Heat From The Sun
The same way a white t-shirt is better to wear than black on a hot summer’s day because it keeps you fresh, buildings with reflective white paint on their exterior also keep them cool. Now, a team of...
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Hybrid Solar Converter Captures Heat And Sunlight To Collect Energy
A team of engineers has developed a hybrid solar energy converter that uses energy from the sun to generate electricity and steam with high efficiency at a low cost. This device allows the industry to...
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