In the 1970s, long before the Prius and Green New Deal, a small group of engineers…
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Sharks popping up all around Florida for summer beach season
There are sharks off Florida’s coast. That’s not news, but with Memorial Day weekend’s traditional summer…
Godzilla is back and he's bigger than ever: The evolutionary biology of the monster
Godzilla first made his debut in 1954. At inception, he was a 50-meter tall metaphor for…
Telecoms giant EE launches Britain's first 5G services
British mobile phone operator EE on Thursday became the first in the country to launch a…
Exposure to airborne metal pollution associated with increased risk of mortality
Although there is ample evidence that air pollution—specifically airborne particulate matter—is associated with an increased risk…
The most complete study of battery failure sees the light
An international team of researchers just published in Advanced Energy Materials the widest study on what…
James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from final thermal vacuum test
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has successfully cleared another critical testing milestone, taking this ambitious observatory…
Uncovering microgel mysteries
Researchers at Shinshu University successfully recorded previously unexplained behavior of hydrogel microspheres (microgels) using a newly…
Bacteria's protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of life
May 30—Our cells’ process for transforming genes into useful proteins works much like an automobile factory’s…
Swapping water for CO2 could make fracking greener and more effective
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) have demonstrated that…