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Entries from May 18th, 2009

Air fueled battery car that could last 10 times longer

May 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chemistry

With these batteries things will be able to function without having to charge them, but they will gain their energy from sources like wind and the sun. However, these things will stop generating if the weather changes or when night time comes and there is no sun. There has been a component that has been [...]

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To be able to be unseen…..

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics

Just like in the Harry Potter movie, scientists have been able to make a cloaking device on a much smaller scale. Using many tiny mirrors, 30 millionths of a meter in diameter, scientists have been able to bend light bouncing off of it to make it seem like there is no bump on the surface, [...]

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Finding new “earth like” planets

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics

Researchers have recently created a “astro comb” that will aid in the finding of other earth like planets. The astro-comb uses a pulsed laser to filter starlight before feeding the signal into a spectrograph, which analyzes the energy spectrum of the light coming from the star or planet. They will use the astro comb to [...]

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Bio fuel

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry

Biomass from decomposed plants and other sources may be able to be used as raw materials for the creation of fuel. this breakthrough could help us eventually find a way to create the fuels we already have more easily if we can find a way to convert it to alkanes, because biomass cannot in itself be [...]

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