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Ultraviolet silicon engraving allows for chip discounts
A research team at the University of London claims they have succeeded in oxidizing silicon, saving energy in the most important part of the semiconductor industry.
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If a global warming tomorrow causes flooding and seeping in most coastal urban areas in the world, how will we deal?
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Technology allows people to breathe underwater
Humans and other airborne organisms often drown when there is too much water in the lungs, but Russian scientists have demonstrated that a dog can survive underwater.
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Find an extremely effective, surprisingly cheap hydrogen extraction method
Scientists have found a new way to separate cheap and extremely efficient hydrogen and oxygen from water.
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The lithium-oxygen battery promises to bring lighter electric cars
Not just smartphones, lithium-oxygen batteries have been studied for use on electric vehicles.
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Equipment to help scuba dive without using oxygen tanks
This device is like carrying fish
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Develop simple, cheap materials for 'artificial photosynthesis'
A synthetic material that simulates the process of using sunlight to produce oxygen and hydrogen in ways similar to plant photosynthesis that has been successfully devel…
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Super durable battery for electric cars running more than 600km per charge
Researchers at Cambridge University successfully built a lithium-oxygen battery, which can be charged 2,000 times, each time with enough energy for electric cars to run…
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Artificial photosynthesis transforms water into hydrogen and oxygen
Australian scientists have successfully developed the technique
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Molecular stimulation enhances the performance of energy cells
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are developing techniques that use molecules as a catalyst for energy cells.
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US ambition to bring oxygen production to Mars
US scientists are working on a machine that turns CO2 into oxygen. It is expected that the technology will be completed and put into use in 2020.
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Synthesis of substances that can absorb, hold, and release oxygen
In the future we may not need oxygen when we go diving, but just a mask is enough.
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Turn solar energy into liquid fuel
US scientists have introduced a method of using a bacterium that converts solar energy into liquid fuels.
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Masks help people breathe underwater
Divers in the future need only a thin mask to breathe under water, without the need for oxygen, thanks to a new material capable of absorbing and storing large amounts o…
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There are artificial leaves that can be photosynthesized like true leaves
A recently graduated American student has created an artificial tree that is able to turn water and light into oxygen, a significant advance in science for space travel.