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NASA Sees Hurricane Matthew Regain Category 4 Status
Posted: October 6, 2016A visible image showing powerful Hurricane Matthew and Nicole on Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. EDT was captured by NOAA's GOES-East satellite. The image shows large Hurricane Matthew's clouds stretching…
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Hydrogen-powered passenger ferry in San Francisco Bay is possible
Posted: October 6, 2016Nearly two years ago, Sandia National Laboratories researchers Joe Pratt and Lennie Klebanoff set out to answer one not-so-simple question: Is it feasible to build and operate a high-speed passenger…
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Efficient organic solar cells with very low driving force
Posted: October 6, 2016It was believed that efficient operation of organic solar cells requires a large driving force, which limits the efficiency of organic solar cells. Now, a large group of researchers led…
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Particle zoo in a quantum computer
Posted: June 22, 2016Elementary particles are the fundamental buildings blocks of matter, and their properties are described by the Standard Model of particle physics. The discovery of the Higgs boson at the CERN…
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Chicago's urban farming produces fresh veggies all year, 24/7
Posted: June 22, 2016Hydroponics and new, high-tech urban agricultural techniques are now growing fresh food in the middle of Manhattan and other large metropolitan centers globally. People are catching onto the taste and business opportunities of…
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Using Only Renewable Energy, Portugal Powered Its Entire Country for Four Days
Posted: June 21, 2016Portugal just did something pretty amazing. In fact, it’s historic — something no other nation has ever done. Portugal just powered its entire country’s electricity needs for four consecutive days…
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Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel
Posted: June 21, 2016A new way of recycling millions of tons of plastic garbage into liquid fuel has been devised by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and the Shanghai Institute of…
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Carbon dioxide hits record highs in Southern hemisphere
Posted: June 21, 2016Last month, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) as measured at Amsterdam Island, in the southern Indian Ocean, for the first time exceeded the symbolic value of 400 ppm,…
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How China can ramp up wind power
Posted: June 21, 2016China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power — if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a new study. The research…
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New generation of high-efficiency solar thermal absorbers developed
Posted: June 15, 2016Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter are one step closer to developing a new generation of low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells. The structure is one of the world's first…
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