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Tag: Science
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AN EV MOTOR FREE OF RARE EARTH METALS
Among electric vehicles’ (EVs’) various supply issues, one sticky one is the need for rare earth metals in the permanent magnets that make their motors spin.
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SYN CENTURY: HOW SCIENTISM MEDIATES EVERY ASPECT OF MODERN EXPERIENCE
It’s hard to overstate how every facet of modern life is now being infected with the idea that (supposed) innovations of science must mediate and improve our experience.
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NEW WAY TO USE COPPER PROMISES CHEAPER DRUGS
Copper can ease the pain of arthritis and fight infections, but now it also may deliver far cheaper pharmaceuticals, thanks to a discovery by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
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HYDROGEN’S DILEMMA: BETTER PERFORMANCE BUT YEARS BEHIND
For big rigs hauling heavy loads over long distances, hydrogen is a better clean fuel than electric batteries, fleet operators say, because the trucks are not also hauling a literal ton of electric power supply.
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LINK FOUND BETWEEN MICROPLASTICS AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
It’s not news that microscopic plastic particles litter our environment, being found atop Mount Everest and in the depths of the oceans.
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SCIENCE FINDS ANOTHER MAGIC BULLET AGAINST AGING
Researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have found another molecule that shows strong powers to slow, and for some people reverse, the unhappy symptoms of aging.
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SOLAR-POWERED RAFT CLEANS DIRTY WATER AND MAKES HYDROGEN FUEL
Engineers at the University of Cambridge have devised a self-powered raft that can not only provide clean water to an increasingly thirsty world but also deliver hydrogen for fuel or industrial uses.
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“SMART PILL” LIGHTS UP HEALTH DANGERS IN THE GUT
A “smart pill” the size of a blueberry can be easily swallowed, then travel through the large intestine, lighting up symptoms and causes of illness as it moves through.
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ANTIBIOTIC “WARHEAD” KILLS LYME BACTERIA
Lyme disease is rampant, with 14 percent of the world’s adults having or having had the illness, according to BMJ, a British publisher of medical journals.