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Stabilizing energy storage
Credit: Sharmila Samaroo/University of Michigan. Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge...
Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks
In collaboration with the international CITYOPT project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an energy planning tool for...
DOOMED is new online learning approach to robotics modeling
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, February 21, 2017--Robotics researchers have developed a novel adaptive control approach based...
Origin of spooky meteor noises reappraised by Sandia researchers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When a meteor is about to conk your neighborhood and gives fair warning by emitting sizzling, rustling...
Unlocking crop diversity by manipulating plant sex
Credit: Dr Ian Henderson Plant geneticists at the University of Cambridge have found that different wild varieties of thale cress...
Winners and losers: Climate change will shift vegetation
Projected global warming will likely decrease the extent of temperate drylands by a third over the remainder of the 21st...
Cutting-edge cameras reveal the secret life of dolphins
Loading video... Credit: The University of Sydney A world-first study testing new underwater cameras on wild dolphins has given researchers...
Prestigious international environmental prize awarded to Mexican scientist-statesman
(ReAgency) In the past, Mexico's rainforests suffered extensive logging and were in grave danger.But Mexican ecologist Professor José Sarukhán was...
Experiments call origin of Earth’s iron into question
Credit: Designed by Laura Martin/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences. Images 1 and 2 from NASA/JPL-Caltech,...
Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery
Credit: Hirotomo Nishihara Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using waste silicon (Si) sawdust....
Understanding ‘glass relaxation’ and why it’s important for next-generation displays
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2017 -- Next-generation displays will feature increased resolution and performance, but getting there will require a...
Legal marijuana sales creating escalating damage to the environment
Marijuana sales have created an economic boom in U.S. states that have fully or partially relaxed their cannabis laws, but...
Protein once thought exclusive to neurons helps some cancers grow, spread, defy death
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Feb. 20, 2017 - How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast...
GMU researchers helping intelligence analysts make smart decisions
Credit: Marcia Staimer/George Mason University Researchers at George Mason University are developing a tool combining intelligent computer software and high-level...