Researchers have found the highest levels of microplastic ever recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces in a thin layer covering just one square meter. …read more Source:: Science
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Simple, solar-powered water desalination
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•A completely passive solar-powered desalination system could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially …read more Source:: Science
Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that works at night
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•What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal …read more Source:: Science
Ethicists square off over editing genes in human embryos
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Debate over the use of powerful new gene editing tools in human eggs, sperm and embryos grew heated on Tuesday as scientists and ethicists gathered at an …read more Source:: UKScienceNews