A new study outlines the mechanisms and points to the importance of both sunlight and the right microbial community as keys to converting permafrost carbon to CO2. …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 4, 2017
New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater
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•A new hybrid nanomaterial harvests solar energy and uses it to extract hydrogen from seawater, cheaply and efficiently. Future commercialization could mean a new source of environmentally friendly fuel and …read more Source:: Science
Ancient humans left Africa to escape drying climate
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•Humans migrated out of Africa as the climate shifted from wet to dry about 60,000 years ago, according to new paleoclimate research. What the northeast Africa climate was like when …read more Source:: Science
The super-Earth that came home for dinner
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•It might be lingering bashfully on the icy outer edges of our solar system, hiding in the dark, but subtly pulling strings behind the scenes: stretching out the orbits of …read more Source:: Science
Teleoperating robots with virtual reality: Making it easier for factory workers to telecommute
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•Many manufacturing jobs require a physical presence to operate machinery. But what if such jobs could be done remotely? Researchers have now presented a virtual-reality (VR) system that lets you …read more Source:: Science