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Super-immunity to COVID-19 — Research Shows Certain Individuals are Seemingly Impervious to the Virus
What would you do if you found out you had a super-immunity to SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? Recent research out of Rockefeller University in the United States has …
Building Trust Between Humans and Artificial Intelligence
Humanity has long had an overwhelming distrust of artificial intelligence, and blockbuster films do not do much to help with their depictions of AI as sentient beings which eventually …
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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) metal conducts electricity — with ten times less heat
A team of researchers led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently discovered a metal that conducts electricity without producing or requiring excess heat. While it would not be …
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Research: Batteries in Electric Vehicles can take 3 times longer to charge in coldest temperatures
Although it’s well known that electric vehicle battery efficiency and charging is impacted by temperature, new research from the Idaho Laboratory put hard numbers on the drops in energy — …
Targeting 45% of all Electricity from Solar in the United States by 2050
On September 8, 2021, the Biden administration announced that the United States aims to produce 45% of electricity from solar energy sources by 2050. This announcement was made alongside the …
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The world’s largest carbon capture plant opens in Iceland — will pull 4,000 metric tons per year
A new facility started operations in Iceland on September 8th, 2021. Dubbed, “The Orca”, the installation is designed to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere – 4,000 metric tons …
The New ispace Lunar Lander — Commercial space travel to the far side of the moon
Commercial space travel. It may sound like science fiction but it is a concept that promises to become a reality within this lifetime. Lunar travel is an industry that is …
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2021 Trends in Engineered Design and Engineering — Trending Technologies
In the past few years, technology innovation, architectural innovation, green technology and sustainability have all continued to shape engineered design and the engineering industry in general. Combining all of these …
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Blowing up the Moon for Water? Space Miners Aim to “Mine Water” as Early as 2023
The possibility to mine for water on the moon could allow permanent human settlement on the moon to be possible in the future, and mining projects could begin as soon …
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