Engineers are developing cheap, energy-efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles from silicon in diatomaceous earth. The research could lead to the development of ultra-high capacity lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2016
Oldest known planet-forming disk discovered
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•A group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers joined forces to discover an unusual hunting ground for exoplanets. They found a star surrounded by the oldest known circumstellar disk — …read more Source:: Science
The Dirty Cow Linux bug: A silly name for a serious problem
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•With attacks in the wild reported, you need to fix this Linux bug as soon as possible. …read more Source:: Linux
New Cretaceous dinosaur from Queensland
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•Researchers have announced the naming of Savannasaurus elliottorum, a new genus and species of dinosaur from western Queensland, Australia. The bones come from the Winton Formation, a geological deposit approximately …read more Source:: Science
Turning biofuel waste into wealth in a single step
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•Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules found in wood and is usually discarded during biofuel production. But in a new method to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, the …read more Source:: Science
Jet lag treatment? Blast of thin air can reset circadian clocks
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•We might not think of our circadian clock until we are jetlagged, but scientists continue to puzzle over what drives our biological timepiece. Now, a study has found that variations …read more Source:: Science
New perovskite solar cell design could outperform existing commercial technologies
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•A new design for solar cells that uses inexpensive, commonly available materials could rival and even outperform conventional cells made of silicon. In a new article, researchers describe using tin …read more Source:: Science
Overlooked molecules could revolutionize our understanding of the immune system
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•Thousands of new immune system signals have been uncovered with potential implications for immunotherapy, autoimmune diseases and vaccine development. The researchers behind the finding say it is the biological equivalent …read more Source:: Science
Early fossil fish from China shows where our jaws came from
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•Where did our jaws come from? The question is more complicated than it seems, because not all jaws are the same. In a new article, palaeontologists from China and Sweden …read more Source:: Science
African clawed frog genome contains 2 full sets of chromosomes from 2 extinct ancestors
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•Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to …read more Source:: Science