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Graphene Battery Turns Ambient Heat Into Electric Current
Physicists have built a graphene battery that harvests energy from the thermal movement of ions in solution
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Chatbot Wears Down Proponents of Anti-Science Nonsense
When he tired of arguing with climate change skeptics, one programmer wrote a chatbot to do it for him.
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How Will Tariffs on Solar Panels Affect Innovation?
A U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping decision could help some U.S. companies and hurt others.
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Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn't Near
The Singularity Summit approaches this weekend in New York. But the Microsoft cofounder and a colleague say the singularity itself is a long way off.
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The Case of the Collider and the Great Black Hole
The physicists have had their say. Now a legal study asks how a court might handle a request to halt a multibillion-dollar particle-physics experiment. The analysis makes for startling reading.
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Gravity Emerges from Quantum Information, Say Physicists
The new role that quantum information plays in gravity sets the scene for a dramatic unification of ideas in physics.
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How Terahertz Waves Tear Apart DNA
A new model of the way the THz waves interact with DNA explains how the damage is done and why evidence has been so hard to gather
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Concentrating Solar PV Company Amonix Shutters Factory
Government-backed Amonix closes down factory, a sign of tough times in solar and particularly for more complex concentrating photovoltaic technology.
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How To Tell Who Is Influencing Whom in a Group Discussion
A computer model that detects who is influencing whom in a group discussion, can accurately predict who is likely to speak next
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