Vacuum Increases Capacity of Battery

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Environmental Science News

These changes could transform tundras from carbon ... Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the ... Read More

A new study makes seawater drinkable and a source of energy

This electrochemical technique not only turns seawater into drinkable water but ... The study was published in Cell Reports Physical Science on January 17 and can be found here. Read More

The New York Times Magazine

Illustrations by Tara Booth The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether there is inherent value in human life more than any other kind of life. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Lessons from the ... Read More

Meteorites Contain Large Amounts of Rare Metals

A version of this article appears in the August 22, 1936 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers ... Read More

Sports Science News

Jan. 30, 2024 — Researchers have developed artificial muscles that are lighter, safer and more robust than their predecessors. The newly developed actuators have a novel type of shell structure ... Read More

News tagged with materials science

Many advances in structural science since the 1970s were made by probing materials with synchrotron radiation: that is, high energy X-rays generated through accelerating high-energy electrons. Read More

Science Friday

The death of 5120 was devastating to right whale advocates, who know that losing a female doesn't just mean losing one whale, but dozens of others that could ... on all things science, sign ... Read More

Science Advances

In a study published in Science Advances, scientists have used new lithium isotope (δ7Li) data to show that continental clay export promoted organic carbon burial and thus atmospheric oxygenation ... Read More

College of Science

Purdue University's College of Science is committed to the persistent pursuit of the mathematical and scientific knowledge that forms the very foundation of innovation. Nearly 350 tenure-track faculty ... Read More

Chinese company's canine companion barks, wags tail, has 12 hours of battery life

With advancements in AI technology, newer models of robots could provide deeper social connections ... sunny skies in Florida. Science News // 2 days ago Satellites can help find and stop methane ... Read More

Lasers provide clues to an early medieval money mystery

Benjamin Franklin used science to protect his money from counterfeiters.] “There has been speculation that the silver came from Melle in France, or from an unknown mine, or that it could have ... Read More