Scientists made a stretchable lithium battery you can bend, cut, or stab
The Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric cars are usually packed in…
A guide to the “platonic ideal” of a Negroni and other handy tips
The most hand-wavy one to me is the impression matching. Rosemary smells cold, and Fernet-Branca…
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Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics
Most of the polymers incorporated a fair amount of lactic acid, which can also form…
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Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Once his team nailed how droplets become electrically charged and how the micro-lightning phenomenon works,…
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Brewing tea removes lead from water
Testing the teas Scanning electron microscope image of black tea leaves, magnified by 500 times.…
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Researchers figure out how to get fresh lithium into batteries
In their testing, they use a couple of unusual electrode materials, such as a chromium…
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Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
But, of course, you need to make the fuel there in the first place. The…
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AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
And it worked. Repeating the same process with an added PLACER screening step boosted the…
Scientists found a faster way to brew sour beer—with peas
Do you long for that tart fruity flavor of a sour beer but wish the…
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Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles
Just add zirconia nanoparticles... Credit: V. Richhariya et al., 2025 It's the "hydrophilic capillary-enhanced adhesion"of…