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Scientists Are Teaching Plastic To “Walk” And The Robot Rebellion Looks Closer Every Day

A Pavlovian response has been worked into plastic to make it move in response to exposure to light, ...

05 Dec 2019
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Scientists Are Teaching Plastic To “Walk” And The Robot Rebellion Looks Closer Every Day

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Nanocages That Split Water Seventeen Times Faster Might Be Hydrogen's Big Bang

After great efforts to make small improvements in the rate of hydrogen production from electrolysis,...

14 Nov 2019
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Nanocages That Split Water Seventeen Times Faster Might Be Hydrogen's Big Bang

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Creators Of The Lithium Battery Win The 2019 Nobel Prize In Chemistry

Nobel prize in chemistry 2019 given to researchers that develop lithium batteries...

09 Oct 2019
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Creators Of The Lithium Battery Win The 2019 Nobel Prize In Chemistry

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New Mineral Found Inside Diamond Was Forged 170 Kilometers Beneath Earth's Surface

Researchers have discovered a mineral previously unknown to science lodged in the center of a shiny ...

23 Sep 2019
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New Mineral Found Inside Diamond Was Forged 170 Kilometers Beneath Earth's Surface

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Breathalyzer Sniffs Out Weed In People's Breath Using Nanotechnology

Scientists have developed a breathalyzer that can tell if a person is stoned, just like a breathalyz...

28 Aug 2019
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Breathalyzer Sniffs Out Weed In People's Breath Using Nanotechnology

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A New Source Of Clean Energy From The Meetings Of Rivers And Seas

A new way to use the contrast between salt and freshwater to produce electricity stands a chance of ...

30 Jul 2019
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A New Source Of Clean Energy From The Meetings Of Rivers And Seas

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What Would Happen To You If You Lived In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Today?

What would happen if you lived in the Chernobyl exclusion zone today? The short answer is very littl...

20 Jul 2019
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What Would Happen To You If You Lived In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Today?

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Woman Crowned 2019 Miss Virginia After Doing Chemistry Experiment For Talent Competition

A 24-year-old Ph.D. candidate was crowned Miss Virginia 2019 after she chucked aside pageant norms a...

01 Jul 2019
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Woman Crowned 2019 Miss Virginia After Doing Chemistry Experiment For Talent Competition

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Slug Slime Inspires A Reversible Superglue That Can Stick A Human To The Ceiling

With a little bit of help from our slimy, shelled friends, the humble snail, scientists have develop...

18 Jun 2019
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Slug Slime Inspires A Reversible Superglue That Can Stick A Human To The Ceiling

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There Could Be A Magnetic Solution To Building The Hydrogen Economy

All it might take to make cheap catalysts to turn water to fuel at practical rates is the applicatio...

10 Jun 2019
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There Could Be A Magnetic Solution To Building The Hydrogen Economy

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A Town In Ohio Woke Up To Find Its Tap Water Had Turned Bright Pink

Residents of a sleepy Ohio village woke up last week to find the most unusual plumbing malfunction -...

10 Jun 2019
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A Town In Ohio Woke Up To Find Its Tap Water Had Turned Bright Pink

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This Image Of Chernobyl's Basement Is Genuinely Terrifying

This image might be one of the riskiest photographs of all time. While it might just look like a Pol...

29 May 2019
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This Image Of Chernobyl's Basement Is Genuinely Terrifying

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Researchers Have Found A Potential New Way To Make Breathable Oxygen On Mars

New method to turn co2 into oxygen was inspired by comets...

27 May 2019
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Researchers Have Found A Potential New Way To Make Breathable Oxygen On Mars

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The Source Of Half The Emissions Of An Illegal Ozone-Depleting Gas Has been Found

Alarming evidence of new CFC-11 sources was found last year, and now we know at least half is coming...

22 May 2019
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The Source Of Half The Emissions Of An Illegal Ozone-Depleting Gas Has been Found

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Try This Experiment To See If Your Soda Can Holds A Sneaky Secret

This short video of an experiment shows how some aluminum soda cans actually contain a strange film ...

21 May 2019
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Try This Experiment To See If Your Soda Can Holds A Sneaky Secret

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Scientists Create Next-Generation Plastic That Can Be Recycled Over And Over Again

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory believe they have made such a state-of-the-a...

08 May 2019
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Scientists Create Next-Generation Plastic That Can Be Recycled Over And Over Again

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Turns Out, Solar Cells Benefit From A Caffeine Boost Too

Caffeine improves the performance of experimental solar cells, potentially making them cheaper and m...

26 Apr 2019
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Turns Out, Solar Cells Benefit From A Caffeine Boost Too

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Crystals Could Be The Future Of 'Green' Commercial Refrigeration

A crystal that changes structure substantially under pressure and absorbs heat thereafter can provid...

22 Apr 2019
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Crystals Could Be The Future Of "Green" Commercial Refrigeration

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3.8-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Reveal The Story Of Life's Origins

Carbon in very ancient rocks shows signatures from some of the oldest life forms on Earth....

15 Apr 2019
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3.8-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Reveal The Story Of Life's Origins

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DNA And RNA Might Have Developed Together, Challenging Assumptions About The Origins Of Life

RNA and DNA might have formed together....

04 Apr 2019
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DNA And RNA Might Have Developed Together, Challenging Assumptions About The Origins Of Life

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