Hybrid vehicles are evolving. The most common type has a battery pack that can move a car for short distances before the gasoline engine takes over.
Tag: Science
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BOSTON START-UP ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL FUSION-BASED POWER PLANT
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up founded by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says it will build a commercial, fusion-based power plant in Virginia that is slated to begin producing electricity early in the next decade.
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TRICKING CANCER CELLS INTO BECOMING NORMAL AGAIN
Killing cancer cells with chemicals and radiation can be grueling for the patient and have nasty, long-lasting side effects. So what if you could persuade those same cancer cells just to be normal again?
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ARTIFICIAL NEURON WORKS AT LIGHT SPEED
Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have created an artificial neuron on a chip that uses a laser to fully mimic the functions of the neurons in our brains but does so a billion times faster.
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THE DECEPTIVE JUNK SCIENCE ABOUT FLUORIDE
In the 1964 satirical black comedy film Dr. Strangelove there is the iconic scene when the rogue general Jack D Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden, tells Peter Sellers’ character, “Ever hear of the fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we ever had to face?”
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FORGET OZEMPIC—NEW MICRO-PILL IS BETTER, RESEARCHERS SAY
Weight-loss pharmaceuticals such as Ozempic and Wegovy are among drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists. They bump up insulin production to reduce blood sugar and slow digestion so you feel fuller longer.
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YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO PAINT YOUR EV WITH SOLAR CELLS
Mercedes-Benz is well along in developing a solar “paint” that can cover a car’s body in an energy-generating film that makes energy from sunlight.
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GOOGLE SCORES QUANTUM COMPUTER BREAKTHROUGH
Quantum computers, which take advantage of subatomic particles’ strange behavior, have taken a giant step forward in Google’s new “Willow” quantum computer chip.
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AMERICA’S SALAD BOWL IS BECOMING AN ACTUAL BOWL
California’s San Joaquin Valley has been called “America’s salad bowl” for the significant amount of the country’s fruits and vegetables that are grown there.
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AN AGILE, ALL-ELECTRIC FLYING TAXI WITH A TUGBOAT MOTOR
CycloTech, an Austrian start-up working in small-scale aviation, is building an all-electric, autonomous flying taxi.