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The UK may soon get its first cryogenic energy battery

Energy storage company Highview Power has announced its intention to build a cryogenic energy storage facility in the north of England, a first for the U.K. A decommissioned power plant will be converted to house the cryobattery, according to Highview Power. After completion, the installation will have a 50 MW/250 MWh capacity (roughly as much […]

New catalyst nanoparticle turns plastic waste into high-quality hydrocarbons for oils, waxes, cosmetics

Sick of plastic waste? So are these researchers.

Bacteria's social lives influence how they develop drug resistance

Judging by the findings, I should be completely drug-resistant forever.

Antarctic ozone hole at its smallest recorded size ever

Who said size doesn't matter?

We’re one step closer to fully-functioning artificial blood vessels

Mice first, then humans.

Dumping coal-fired in favor of gas-fired plants would save the U.S. a lot of water -- switching to renewables, a whole lot more

Burning things takes a lot of water.

How one thumb injury led to one man getting drunk from eating carbs

Bottoms... up?

Mashed potatoes are an ideal fuel for exercising, new study reports

Silly me, I thought they were the ideal fuel period.

Google's Wing makes the first drone-borne delivery in the US

A milestone in e-commerce... and the imminent age of robot overlords.

Researchers have solid proof that the sea is rising -- five islands have been lost so far, six more underway in the Solomon Islands

Oof.

Hubble spots our second interstellar visitor -- a comet

"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."

What a century of physical exhaustion research has taught us

What doesn't kill you makes you swole.

Fastest ant in the world lives in the Sahara and it runs for dear life -- at around 85 cm per second

Gotta go fast.

3D-printed coral can help save reefs and the fish that live there

When life takes your corals away, print more.

Biodiversity is a linchpin of productive, resilient crops

In matters of the farm, diversity matters.

Monkeys are willing to try new solutions to problems, while humans stick to what they know -- even if it's less efficient

"Why don't you try using those opposable thumbs to fix it, huh, human?"

Mitochondria and Tesla battery packs work pretty much the same way, study reports

But will they claim copyright?

Whales blow bubbly nets to help them fish -- and we have it on camera

God, they're cute.

The clap is making a comeback -- as are syphilis and chlamydia

"She's got the clap" -- CDC.

Some water ice on the Moon is billions of years old -- and colonists could drink it all up

Bottoms up!

Animal bones are the original canned food, research finds

"The bones were used as 'cans' that preserved the bone marrow."

Blank paper on ninja history wins top grades -- it was written in invisible ink

The student wrote the paper using the ninja technique of "aburidashi -- and her professor loved it!

Wastewater analysis can reveal how wealthy, healthy, and well-fed you are

Like my grandma used to say, even kings uh, go to the toilet.

Researchers make neurons glow as they fire to record neural activity

Shine bright like ne-u-ron.

Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals

This study rocks.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to trio that created today's lithium-ion batteries

Whenever you poke at your phone, hit the power button on your laptop, or start your Tesla, know that the work of these three laureates made it possible.

The last mammoths lived on a remote island in the Arctic

They died-off suddenly -- but perhaps not dramatically.

Trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize for uncovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels

Oxygen keeps the world turning. Well not really, but it's important for cells.

Bee markets still in good shape despite pressures from parasites and colony collapse disorder

*happy bee noises*

Around one-fifth of all animal species are involved in legal or illegal trade

We're all being very productive here on Earth aren't we?

People are the "dominant source" of volatile organic compounds in the office

Smells like work!

Lied-to children more likely to grow up as lying, ill-adjusted adults

Ahh, lies... just like mama used to make 'em.

People with anxiety disorders worry about not being worried

It's like the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?

Pixelated images showcase how close these species are to extinction

You'll have to squint.

New gel-like material can stop wildfires for months at a time

Wildfire-B-Gone!

Better sleep makes for better grades, MIT reports

With sleep, "when" is as important as "for how long".

Nanoscale look at tooth enamel reveals its 'mis-orientation' that makes it so strong

Chomp!

Musk unveils SpaceX's Starship on livestream

We musk spread the word!

New, synthetic Chikungunya vaccine points the way to an end of epidemics

If you want something done right, synthesize it yourself.

The million-mile battery promised by Tesla is here

Elon Musk promised a battery that could take an e-vehicle a million miles and last for years at a time. Jeff Dahn, one of the pioneers of the modern lithium-ion batteries, has now delivered on that promise. In a new paper, Dahn announced that the company will soon be in possession of a battery that […]

We've significantly changed the Great Barrier Reef over the last century

"Most studies are only a few decades in length — this one is just short of 100 years of study."

Tiny, ancient, animal-shaped pots were likely the first baby bottles

Tea, plastic-flavored.

NASA releases beautiful new animation of a black hole

It's a space-time-bender!

"Wave of maturation" prepares our brains for adolescence

Ew, teenagers.

Scotland will probably reach 100% renewable energy goal 'soon'

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Jackdaws can distinguish 'dangerous' people from friendly ones

“He’s shady”.

Researchers sequence DNA of coral and their associated organisms

They may be small, but they're far from inconsequential.

Great Lakes sediments show high levels of microplastic contamination

Plastics are one of the most widespread contaminants on Earth -- and every bit of it was made by humans.

Newly-discovered bee species in Fiji are already thretened

Our good work precedes us!

New study points the way to rice straw soaps

Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.

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