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
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Wondrous fungus: fossils are oldest of any land-dwelling organism
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At first glance, they do not look like much: tiny fragments of a primordial fungus shorter than a single hair’s width. But these fungal remnants possess the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
I’m all ears: fossils reveal human ancestors’ hearing abilities
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two-million-year-old fossils including the three tiny bones of the middle ear are helping scientists figure out the auditory abilities of early human ancestors at a time when …read more Source:: UKScienceNews