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Creating an Innovative, Solid, Air Working Battery
Posted on 30 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: Typically, negative electrodes in batteries are made of active materials like metals. Rechargeable metal-air batteries with oxygen-reducing positive electrodes have recently used redox-active organic compounds, such as quinone- and amine-based molecules, as negative electrodes. Here, the redox reactions involve protons and hydroxide ions. These batteries operate well and are almost at their theoretical maximum capacity. Furthermore, using redox-active organic molecules in...
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Enhanced 3D vision helped a four-legged robot navigate bumpy terrain
Posted on 3 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A novel model has been created by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, that teaches four-legged robots to see in three dimensions more clearly. The development made it possible for a robot to easily and autonomously navigate difficult terrain, including rocky ground, stairways, and paths with gaps.
The scientists will present their findings at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), which will be held in Vancouver, Canada, from June...
Clean, sustainable fuel produced from plastic garbage
Posted on 8 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: Researchers have shown how carbon dioxide from industrial operations or even straight from the air can be gathered and converted into sustainable, clean fuels using only solar energy.
The University of Cambridge researchers created a solar-powered reactor that transforms collected CO 2 and plastic waste into renewable fuels and other useful chemical compounds. In experiments, CO 2 was transformed into syngas, an essential component of sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic...
Unused Energy, an Easy Fuel for NFTs
Posted on 11 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: Researchers from Cornell Engineering have discovered that underutilised solar, wind, and hydroelectric electricity in the United States might sustain the exponential rise of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Fengqi You are the corresponding author of "Climate Concerns and the Future of Non-Fungible Tokens: Leveraging Environmental Benefits of the Ethereum Merge," which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on July 10. You are the...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 2 October.
- BC Aristotle dies of indigestion
- Hans Lippershey offers the Dutch a new invention - the telescope
- NY Anti-Slavery Society organized
- Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle
- Italy annexes Rome & the Papal States; Rome made Italian capital
- 1st Pan American conference
- Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row
- Grover Cleveland Alexanders 16th shutout of the year
- Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series
- NY Hayden Planetarium the 4th in the US opens
- 1st alcohol power plant established Atchison Kansas
- Tony Lazzeri becomes the 1st Yank to hit a world series grand slam
- Birdbaths installed in Union Square
- 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated Chicago
- 1st network soap opera - Faraway Hill - Dumont
- Yogi Berra become the 1st player to pinch hit a world series homer
- Yanks & Red Sox tie for 1st place played the final game of the season Yanks won 5-3 & clinched pennant #16
- Bob Shaw of the Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD catches
- The comic strip 'Peanuts' 1st appears in 9 newspapers
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents premiers
- 1st atomic power clock exhibited - NYC
- Guinea gains independence from France (National Day)
- Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS
- Ben Casey premiers
- Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
- Thurgood Marshall is sworn as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
- Bob Gibson sets a world series record of 17 strikeouts
- Billy Martin named manager of the Tigers
- homing pigeon averages 133 kph (record) in 1100-km Australian race
- Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer & Pinella's fielding
- 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit