Scientists Create Renewable Plastic from Christmas Trees

Scientists Create Renewable Plastic from Christmas Trees

The majority of plastics today are created from oil, which is unsustainable. This can change though. Scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath (UK) have developed...
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Graphene Can Be Used To Make Indoor Solar Cells

A scientific breakthrough with the “wonder material” graphene has opened up the potential for indoor photo voltaic cells that capture energy from indirect sun light, in addition to ambient power from...
engineers create glowing plants

Engineers create plants that glow using nanoparticles

Think about that instead of switching on a lamp when it will get dark, you might read by the light of a glowing plant on your table. MIT engineers have taken a...
this week in science september 2016

Brief: This Week In Science – 10th to 16th September 2016

Energy Scotland unveiled a turbine for the world's first large scale tidal energy farm. Source: The Guardian Neuroscience Brain-Machine interface enables monkeys to type a passage from Shakespeare. Source: Factor Space ESA's Gaia spacecraft tool its first sky...

Something About Vintage LED Bulbs

Vintage LED bulbs are designed to give lamps a retro look, which in the right surroundings offers a unique ambiance, which will complement the decor of a place. The trend to...
light stored as sound

For The First Time Ever: Light Has Been Stored as Sound

For the first time ever, researchers have stored light-based data as sound waves on a computer chip – something the scientists compare to capturing lightning as thunder. While that may sound somewhat...

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