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Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Man: Making America

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Insulator Becomes Conducting Semiconductor And Could Make Superelastic Silicone Solar Panels

Slate Truck's Under $20,000 Price Tag Just Became A Political Casualty

Wisdom Teeth Contain Unique Stem Cell That Can Form Cartilage, Neurons, and Heart Tissue

Hay fever breakthrough: 'Molecular shield' blocks allergy trigger at the site

AI Getting Better at Medical Diagnosis

Tesla Starting Integration of XAI Grok With Cars in Week or So

Bifacial Solar Panels: Everything You NEED to Know Before You Buy

INVASION of the TOXIC FOOD DYES:

Let's Test a Mr Robot Attack on the New Thunderbird for Mobile

Facial Recognition - Another Expanding Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Technology

Energy

Energy independence turns the gears of the visionary’s imagination, and grants us individual control of our modern lives. No meaningful alternative to the Crown’s system can be achieved without exploring decentralized energy production and storage.

Toyota has reduced the rare earth materials used in electric vehicle magnets by 50%

Toyota has developed the world's first neodymium-reduced, heat-resistant magnet. Neodymium magnets are used in various types of motors such as the high-output motors found in electrified vehicles, use of which is expected to increase rapidly in the

Heating and ventilating a 10,000 person space station

The National Space Society has a 33-page analysis of heat and energy transport and management for an outline but realistic habitat design.

UK needs 12 years to build 440 MW nuclear reactor while China needs 3 years to...

UK needs 12 years to build 440 MW nuclear reactor while China needs 3 years to make 400MWth reactors

Coming to a Home Depot near you:

Coming to a Home Depot near you: Tesla's "invisible" solar roof tiles and home energy storage units will become available this year

Scientists Discover Hundreds of 2D Materials That Could Be The Next Graphene

This is so amazing!

Revolutionary small modular nuclear reactors for space and earth applications starting in 2024

The three-year Kilopower safe 4 kilowatt nuclear reactor project started in 2015 with a challenging goal of building and testing a full-scale flight-prototypic nuclear reactor by the end of 2017 mid-2018.

TAE Technologies Gen 5 reactor targets tripling confinement with 10 times the power by 2020

TAE Technologies, Inc. (formerly Tri Alpha Energy), the world's largest and most advanced private fusion company, has announced that its proprietary beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma generator, "Norman," surpassed a new tec

New Tesla Model 3 Battery Line Could Increase Output By Factor Of 4

One of the overlooked takeaways from the recent Tesla earnings call was connected to automation in battery module production.

All-New Jaguar XJ To Go Electric In 2019?

Work on styling has been completed and is expected to usher in a new design language for the brand.

Crumpled Graphene balls makes better batteries

With its high theoretical capacity and low electrochemical potential, Li would be the ideal anode for Li-ion batteries. However, practical use of the Li anode has been hindered by its tendency for dendritic growth, which leads to unstable solid elect

Honda's Mobile Power Pack – One Battery Powers Everything From ATV To Tiny Scooter

Honda recently presented its Mobile Power Pack World – a single battery module for all sorts of different applications.

Commercial Perovskite solar cells at 10 cents per watt could soon bring lower cost energy

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial deployment.

Metallic nanofoam wrings hydrogen out of water more efficiently

Hydrogen could be a key renewable fuel source in the future, but considering it's the most abundant element in the universe it's surprisingly tricky to produce.

100 Petawatt lasers could generate antimatter from vacuum and create commercial nuclear fusion

In Shanghai, China, physicist Ruxin Li and colleagues are breaking records a pulse laser at the Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser Facility (SULF). At the center is a single cylinder of titanium-doped sapphire about the width of a Frisbee. In 2016

Lithium metal electrode batteries

Reversible lithium metal electrode has potential to almost double the energy density of lithium-ion batteries and lower the cost to $100 per kilowatt hour.

New Space based solar power designs can get to less than 2 cents per kwh

Additional details of the "SPS-ALPHA Mk-II" will be presented in the second edition of a Mankin book. The book is planned for release in 2018.

The next generation of smartphone cameras could see through walls

The latest camera research is shifting from increasing the number of megapixels towards fusing data with computational processing

Russia to Install World's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant in Arctic Town

This year the floating power plant will be towed from Saint Petersburg in the Baltic to Murmansk in the Barents Sea, the year after that it will be towed another 6,000 km to the Arctic town of Petrov

Smallest Electro-optic modulator is 100 times more energy efficient

Researchers at Oregon State University have designed and fabricated the world's smallest electro-optic modulator, which could mean major reductions in energy used by data centers and supercomputers.

Key hurdle overcome towards organic solar cells up to 1000 times cheaper...

Key hurdle overcome towards organic solar cells up to 1000 times cheaper than solar panels

Bizarre metal conducts electricity without heating up

In an apparent contradiction to textbook physics, a metal has been identified that conducts electricity but produces almost no heat in the process.

Kilopower, Megapower reactors would revolutionize energy safety and space...

Kilopower, Megapower reactors would revolutionize energy safety and space and military applications

Graphene Nanoribbons are 100 times brighter than previous single molecule devices

Researchers observed a bright and narrow band emission of red light from individual graphene nanoribbons, only 7-atom-wide, at a high intensity comparable to bright light-emitting devices made from carbon nanotubes.

New battery technology using ionic liquids under development at Keio University #DigInfo

Katayama Laboratory, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University Investigating electrochemical reactions in ionic liquids

Fisker EMotion Gallery Plus Videos

The eMotion promises to be quick, boasts a long-range, fast charging, luxury and autonomous capabilities – at least according to Henrik Fisker, chairman and CEO of Fisker Inc.

AirSpaceX's autonomous, electric air taxi lands in Detroit

Airspace Experience Technologies, LLC (AirSpaceX) has given a preview of its vision for the future of air taxi services at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.

Device creates negative mass and a new way to generate lasers

Most objects react in predictable ways when force is applied to them--unless they have "negative mass." And then they react exactly opposite from what you would expect.

China Air Force Engineers propose space-based laser to remove small space junk

Researchers from the Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University and the Institute of China Electronic Equipment System Engineering Company performed computational analysis for using a space-based laser to remove space junk.

Russia approves operation of 70 Megawatt floating nuclear reactor

Russia has approved the operation of the floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov.

What it really takes to power your home for a day

Here's how much gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel is required.

Graphene aerogel is seven times lighter than air, can balance on a blade of grass

Chinese material scientists have created the world's lightest material: A graphene aerogel that is seven times lighter than air, and 12% lighter than the previous record holder (aerographite).

Graphene : Demonstration of Graphene (HRCM) to Indian Scientific delegation led by ...

Grphene : Demonstration of Graphene (HRCM) to Indian Scientific delegation led by Dr.Vijay Bhatkar.

Stronger and tougher fiber created by MIT

MIT has used new gel electrospinning for thinner fibers. This has enabled them to create materials that are stronger and tougher than Kevlar and Dyneema.

China built 2000 meter long solar highway with transparent concrete over solar panels

Qilu Transportation Development Group, a state-owned transport firm operating in Shandong, is completing a 2000 meter solar highway in China.

Continental Reinvents The EV Wheel

Continental has developed what it calls the dual New Wheel Concept; a nifty wheel idea incorporating an outer section called the rim well, and inner section called the carrier star which incorporates an aluminum brake disc.

"Artificial blowhole" generates electricity from ocean waves

Wind and solar power are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives to fossil fuels, but renewables are a rich tapestry, and the more threads we can weave together, the better.

Yttrium hydrogen compound should be room temperature superconductor when under extreme pressure

The hunt for high temperature superconductivity has been reinvigorated by the experimental discovery that compressed H2S exhibits a Tc of up to 203K at megabar pressures (1Mbar=100GPa).

Los Alamos quantum dots will make cost effective double-pane solar windows

Using two types of "designer" quantum dots, researchers are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and create shading and insulation for good measure. It's all made possible by a new window architec

The Age of Graphene: Samsung's Revolutionary Battery Technology

Pre-historic times and ancient history are defined by the materials that were harnessed during that period. We have the stone age, the bronze age, and the iron age. Today is a little more complex, we live in the Space Age, the Nuclear Age, and the In

Let's Take A Closer Look At How EV Adoption Has Grown Globally

HERE'S HOW EV ADOPTION HAS GROWN WORLDWIDE

EXCLUSIVE: The secret deals which shaped our lives...

Author Jacques Peretti has shed light on the backroom deals between big businesses that have ultimately shaped the way we eat, shop, and even choose medication.

China building a 600 MWe fast neutron reactor which will become nuclear workhorse in the 2040s

Construction of China's 600 MWe demonstration fast reactor at Xiapu, Fujian province, has officially begun with the pouring of the first concrete for the reactor's basemat.

A Novel Aluminum–Graphite Dual-Ion Battery

A novel low-cost aluminum–graphite dual-ion battery is reported. The battery shows a reversible capacity of ?100 mAh g?1 and a capacity retention of 88% after 200 charge–discharge cycles.

How to Make an Ionic Liquid

This is an easy-to-make ionic liquid or deep eutectic solvent that I've made. Basically it's Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) and glycerin/glycerol in a 1:3 molar ratio.

Scientists create cheap, non-metallic, sustainable battery from tree bark

(Natural News) Mother Nature will never cease to amaze, with its seemingly endless list of natural energy resources that are just waiting to be tapped. The many sources of natural -- or as many in the mainstream media like to call it, the alternativ

Berkeley Labs has built an 8 qubit quantum computer and targets a 64 qubit system

In September, the Department of Energy awarded Lawrence Berkeley Labs of $3 million per year to construct a quantum computer and the software needed to operate it.

Super aluminum-graphene battery has a 5-second charging time

Material and engineering researchers at East China's Zhejiang University unveiled a "super" aluminum-graphene battery that can be fully charged in 5 seconds and then last for two hours.

33% improvement in superconducting magnets to 32 Tesla and 100+ Tesla magnets are on the horizon

The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has shattered another world record with the testing of a 32-tesla magnet -- 33 percent stronger than what had previously been the world's strongest superconducting

Researchers have designed a new solar device that may finally make hydrogen cars a reality

(Natural News) Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have crafted a device that can utilize solar energy to effectively and cheaply create and store energy, which could then be used to power electronic devices, and to harness hydro

Electric GT Announces First Team To Sign On, Races To Start Mid 2018, Plus Demo Video

SPV Racing, a merger of two teams from Sweden and Spain, will field a two-car entry in the planned Tesla-based championship.
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