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Your Tears Can Produce Electricity, A New Study Shows
Science & Energy

Your Tears Can Produce Electricity, A New Study Shows

Tiny crystals in tears have the same properties as material in mobile phones and ocean sonar.

Researchers Develop a Long-Lasting Luminescence for Organic Materials
Physics

Researchers Develop a Long-Lasting Luminescence for Organic Materials

The novel method has the power to improve bio-imaging techniques.

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Nanotech

Scientists Establish New Nonviral Method for CRISPR Using Gold Nanoparticles

The researchers were able to use CRISPR-Gold to induce HDR in human embryonic stem cells and muscle cells from a mouse in vitro.

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Science & Energy

Nobel Prize Honors U.S. Scientists for Helping Us Understand Our Biological Clock

They found the specific genes that put us in sync with the day-night cycle.

Sorry, Elon. Physicists Say We Definitely Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation.
Physics

Sorry, Elon. Physicists Say We Definitely Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation.

There's just not enough electrons out there to model our universe in a computer program.

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Science & Energy

New Device Lets You Charge Your Phone Just By Walking

Stroll your way to a fully charged device.

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Advanced Transport

The World’s First Fully Unmanned Train Is Officially in Operation

It's the first time mining company Rio Tinto has used autonomous trains without drivers.

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Science & Energy

New Gravitational Wave Research May Finally Reveal Mysterious “Dark Matter”

One breakthrough in physics may lead to another.

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Hyperloop

Mexico Wants to Build a Hyperloop That Cuts a Six-Hour Trip Down to 45 Minutes

The Mexloop route would stretch across 330 miles.

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Health & Medicine

Researchers May Have Discovered a Way to Reverse Blindness

Their novel gene therapy method makes retinal cells sensitive to light.

The Nobel Prize Was Just Awarded for the Discovery Of “Ripples” in Spacetime
Science & Energy

The Nobel Prize Was Just Awarded for the Discovery Of “Ripples” in Spacetime

Their discovery confirmed a prediction made by Einstein a century ago.

Wooden Skyscrapers Are Set to Transform Our Cities
Science & Energy

Wooden Skyscrapers Are Set to Transform Our Cities

Cross-laminated timber is making wooden buildings a safe and ecologically responsible form of construction.

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Food

This Innovative Farm Grows Food Three Times Faster Than a Regular Garden

And it uses 90 percent less water.

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Artificial Intelligence

Farmers Should Start Using Artificial Intelligence. Here’s Why.

AI and drones have been used to pick apples, spot diseases, and eliminate weeds.

The DOE Is Giving Berkeley Lab $3 Million Annually for Quantum Computing Research
Quantum Computing

The DOE Is Giving Berkeley Lab $3 Million Annually for Quantum Computing Research

A total of $12 million will be allocated over the next five years.

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Have Conducted the First Ever Quantum Video Call

The Chinese Academy of Sciences plans to call Russia, Singapore, and Italy next.

Boeing is Sponsoring a $2 Million Competition to Bring Us Real Jet Packs
Advanced Transport

Boeing is Sponsoring a $2 Million Competition to Bring Us Real Jet Packs

Living like the Jetsons may not be as far off as you think.

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Blockchain

The CDC Wants to Use Blockchain as a Weapon Against Deadly Epidemics

"Public health and blockchain really do belong together."

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Science & Energy

General Motors Will Launch 20 All-Electric Cars by 2023

It looks like the Chevrolet Bolt EV won't be the only electric car to come from GM.

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Elon Musk

Is Elon Musk’s Fast Earth Travel via Rocket Possible?

Around the world in thirty minutes sounds like a dream.