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Why does mint make our mouth feel cool?
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Why does mint make our mouth feel cool?

If you sip a mint leaf, you may notice that it makes your mouth feel cool. That's because mint, like chili, is a biochemical success story.

July 30, 2019
What Are Solid-State Batteries?
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What Are Solid-State Batteries?

Solid-state batteries replace the conventional liquid or gel electrolyte with a solid ion-conducting material, a design that could enable different electrode choices, hi…

May 3, 2019
Hot ice is almost the surface of the Sun.
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Hot ice is almost the surface of the Sun.

American scientists have successfully created super ion tape for the first time in the laboratory. The findings were published in February in the journal Nature Physics,…

December 18, 2018