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There’s a new type of LED in town. These light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are made from a material called perovskite, a calcium ...

A rechargeable battery based on technology pioneered by Thomas Edison may finally get its due. But while the famous inventor envisioned nickel-iron batteries powering the automobile industry over a ...

Drilling at Estrella Resources’ limestone project in Timor-Leste suggests a potential 500Mt of clean, high-purity limestone, ...

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Regularly consuming watercress could benefit active people. The nitrates in the veggie increase nitric oxide in your blood, which may improve athletic performance. One study found that athletes who ...

The implications of the breakthrough could ripple through multiple industries. A better understanding of how superconductivity behaves at quantum scales could accelerate the development of ...

The new design retains Edison's choice of metals while incorporating 21st-century nanotechnology and bioengineering. The UCLA-led study, published in Small, describes a battery capable of recharging ...

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By squeezing terahertz light beyond its usual limits, researchers have exposed hidden quantum "jiggles" inside a ...

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