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Renewables

A Sea Of Green Power Beneath The Waves? Tidal Electricity Is Becoming A Reality Off The Coast Of Wales

December 01, 2016
Britain’s coast is way more than white cliffs, cold beaches and crisps-stealing seagulls. It also boasts some of the highest tidal ranges in the world, measuring between 23 and 40 feet. Twice a day, like clockwork, the moon’s gravity makes the seas ebb and flow. All that moving water is also a huge reservoir of reliable, renewable and carbon-free electricity. “Tidal could potentially supply up to 12 percent of the U.K.'s energy generation,” says Mark Elborne, president and CEO of GE UK.
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
November 18, 2016
I joined GE’s computer department in Schenectady, New York, in 1955. My first job was designing circuits for the first computer process controls. The department was just starting. I stayed at the YMCA and visited my family, which was still back in New Jersey, on the weekends.
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
November 12, 2016
This week we learned that a group of scientists is getting close to finding the physical seat of consciousness. And we discovered that a pair of paralyzed monkeys used a wireless device to regain the control of their legs and walk again. We also saw a paper about an AI that can surf the web and get better at finding information. We thought we’d give you a head start before it catches up. Here’s this week’s list.
 

 
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
November 04, 2016
Extra! Extra! Invoking Maxwell’s demon, scientists at a U.S. government lab say the second law of thermodynamics may not always apply. Neutron stars, bones and pasta apparently have a few things in common, and a Massachusetts biologist is using a “beastcam” to preserve 3D models of all living organisms. We also have some dark  matter news. And you thought Halloween was over, mmmwahahaha!
 
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
October 28, 2016
Scientists in Germany used stem cells to repair damaged visual neurons in adult mice, their colleagues in China and England adapted a portion of the human gut to build a long-lasting battery, and a team at Harvard University 3D printed a heart on a chip. Who says that biology is boring!
 

 

This Design Based On The Human Gut Could Make Batteries Last 5 Times Longer
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

October 21, 2016
Everything in this week’s column is a little mysterious. Scientists in Colorado have created a new kind of sticky tape that in one important way isn’t sticky at all. Korean engineers have made a Star Wars-like 3D hologram. Finally, a group of Caltech astronomers say something big is lurking in the cosmic void and makes our sun feel a bit off. You should send it flowers.
 

 

A Lurking Giant May Be Tilting The Sun
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
October 14, 2016
This week we learned that we were short-changed by the immortal Carl Sagan, found out about a paralyzed man who can feel with a mind-controlled robotic arm and watched a video that induces hallucinations in healthy people but could help find new treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Lights, camera, action — here’s your weekly dose of science.
 

 
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Innovation

Why Isn't Science Better? Look At Incentives

Paul Smaldino
October 10, 2016

Embracing more rigorous scientific methods would mean getting science right more often than we currently do. But the way we value and reward scientists makes this a challenge, explains Paul Smaldino, assistant professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at The University of California, Merced.

 

 
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

October 08, 2016
Catch some waves like a beaver. Cruise, nano-style, in a car made of molecules. Wander the universe with a runaway black hole the size of 100,000 suns. Or just sit back and relax to the sounds of nature’s jazz musicians. Is this the coolest list of the coolest things in science?
 

The Oscars For Science Nerds

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Innovation

5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week

October 01, 2016
This week, our extraterrestrial hearing improved with a giant new radio telescope and we also learned of a visionary plan to build a city on Mars. Scientists found a new type of filling that can heal tooth decay, while a ride on a roller coaster could be just what the doctor ordered for your kidney stones. Proceed with courage.
 

A Plan To Colonize Mars

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