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A Batteries That Lasts Twice as Long Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:51 AM PST A SolidEnergy startup has developed a lithium-ion battery that stores far more energy. Energy storage lies in swapping the The post A Batteries That Lasts Twice as Long has been published on Technology Org.

Scientists discover how to prevent dendrite formation in batteries Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:44 AM PST Today’s batteries cannot take in all of a wind farm’s energy on a blustery night and hold it The post Scientists discover how to prevent dendrite formation in batteries has been published onTechnology Org.

VISTA stares right through the Milky Way Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:42 AM PST A new image taken with ESO’s VISTA survey telescope reveals the famous Trifid Nebula in a new and The post VISTA stares right through the Milky Way has been published on Technology Org.

Researchers equip humans with magnetic sense Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:37 AM PST Magnetoception is a sense which allows bacteria, insects and even vertebrates like birds and sharks to detect magnetic The post Researchers equip humans with magnetic sense has been published on Technology Org.

New findings on how the brain ignores distractions Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:59 AM PST By scanning the brains of people engaged in selective attention to sensations, researchers have learned how the brain The post New findings on how the brain ignores distractions has been published on Technology Org.

Tropical wasps attack intruders with unfamiliar faces Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:37 PM PST The scientists went to the remote tropical forests of South East Asia to study this tiny wasp species, The post Tropical wasps attack intruders with unfamiliar faces has been published on Technology Org.

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered Posted: 03 Feb 2015 10:53 PM PST Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and universities in China and Japan have discovered a new structural variant of The post Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered has been published onTechnology Org.

Rediscovering spontaneous light emission Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:41 PM PST Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nano-sized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontaneous emission of light The post Rediscovering spontaneous light emission has been published on Technology Org.

One-atom-thin silicon transistors hold promise for super-fast computing Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:36 PM PST Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have created the first transistors made The post One-atom-thin silicon transistors hold promise for super-fast computing has been published on Technology Org.

The future of holographic video Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST Holographic video displays, featuring three-dimensional images, are about to “go large” and become a lot more affordable at The post The future of holographic video has been published on Technology Org.

Giant rodent used incisors like tusks Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:26 PM PST The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like an elephant uses The post Giant rodent used incisors like tusks has been published on Technology Org.

Culture shock – Are lab-grown cells a faithful model for human disease? Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:23 PM PST Cell cultures used in biology and medical research may not act as a faithful mimic of real tissue, The post Culture shock – Are lab-grown cells a faithful model for human disease? has been published on Technology Org.

Sea slug has taken genes from algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesize like a plant Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:08 PM PST How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time “feeding” on sunlight, like a The post Sea slug has taken genes from algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesize like a planthas been published on Technology Org.

High-speed images capture patterns by which raindrops spread pathogens among plants Posted: 03 Feb 2015 07:45 PM PST Farmers have long noted a correlation between rainstorms and disease outbreaks among plants. Fungal parasites known as “rust” The post High-speed images capture patterns by which raindrops spread pathogens among plants has been published on Technology Org.