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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Artificial Ocean-fertilizing

Artificial ocean-fertilizing to mitigate global warming?



Researchers have identified that algal growth in the oceans may help in sequestering carbon in the sea floors for centuries. Debates are ongoing if the method should be pursued. Read more here and here.
(The picture above was adopted from here.)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Paintable Batteries


The picture above shows a battery "painted" onto a ceramic mug. Imagine being able to "paint" a battery to any surface. That is exactly what scientists at Rice university have achieved! They have devised a method to paint batteries to any surface! This study has profound implications for energy storage. For more information, refer to their study here. The picture above was adopted from the same website.

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