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Discovery of highly efficient catalyst could fuel hydrogen economy
Clean energy alternatives are the need of the hour with increasing global warming due to fossil fuel emissions and one of the most promising is hydrogen fuel. One of the primary means…
Over 50% of all turtles in the world have ingested plastic
Plastic pollution is one of the most dangerous forms of pollution and marine animals are increasingly becoming victims of plastic ingestion because this waste almost always washes up in oceans through streams, rivers and the…
First double meteor impact conclusively proved in Sweden
Double impact craters created at the same time are very rare and one such instance has been found at the Swedish county of Jämtland, which researchers say were created some 460 million…
Americans may not be great in Science, but it’s not their fault
American scientists have been at the pinnacle of scientific research, but when it comes to the general public science isn’t something that they excel in with a new study showing that Americans…
Experiment provides evidence of superconductivity in monolayer graphene
After graphene and its superconductivity properties were discovered, researchers have shown in theory that superconductivity may be induced by enhancing the electron-phonon coupling through the decoration of graphene with an alkali adatom…
NASA’s SDO captures 40-hour tornado on Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is doing a fine job monitoring the Sun for huge coronal mass ejections (CMEs), solar storms and other such events on our star and all the while it…
Europe’s satnav closer to reality with Galileo satellites 9, 10 scheduled for launch
Europe’s next two satellites in the series of Galileo satellites are finally ready for launch after a string of delays and have been positioned atop the Russian Soyuz ST-B launcher for their…
Photosynthesis research with artificial ‘plants’ achieves another milestone
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developing a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have achieved another milestone with development of…
‘Aye-Mac’ is world’s first PC with an ‘Irn-Bru liquid cooling system’
There are quite a few liquid cooled computers and server out there, but none of them is like the one made by a Scottish computer expert in his spare time. John Lawson,…
Researchers demo superconductivity in graphene monolayer
Graphene’s superconductivity has been proven time and again, but only in its three and two dimensional structures. Superconductivity in 1D arrangement has eluded scientists since it was discovered. However, researchers at University…
Hydroelectric ‘clean’ energy may be responsible for ‘methylmercury’ threat
With increasing global warming nations are turning to renewable and clean sources of energy including hydroelectric power, but it seems that though this ‘clean’ energy enables us to tackle the carbon menace…
Intel to invest $50 million in quantum computing research
Chip maker Intel has announced plans to invest $50 million (£33 million) in quantum computing research, which could help boost the capabilities of high performance computers. In an open letter, Intel CEO…
COTSbot to hunt down menacing crown-of-thorns starfish in Great Barrier Reef
Here’s how to tackle the menace of crown-of-thorns starfish – a robot, state of the art animal recognition engine, and 200 lethal shots of bile salts! Queensland University of Technology researchers have developed…
Polar bears will survive ice melts by feeding on caribou, snow geese, and eggs
Sea ice melts in the polar caps have raised concerns over the ability of polar bears to survive due to decreased availability of seals, but a new study has suggested that these…