New way to store solar heat
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Imagine if your clothing could, on demand, release just enough heat to keep you warm and cozy, allowing you to dial back on your thermostat settings and stay comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car windshield that stores the sun’s energy and then releases it as a burst of heat to melt away a layer of ice.
Study reveals shared behavior of microbes and electrons
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - There are certain universal patterns in nature that hold true, regardless of objects’ size, species, or surroundings. Take, for instance, the branching fractals seen in both tree limbs and blood vessels, or the surprisingly similar spirals in mollusks and cabbage.
Smarter driving, using your phone
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Mobile-based telematics - apps and hardware that measure driving behaviors - may be the future of safer roads. Increasingly, people are using these technologies to improve their own driving habits, while insurance companies use the data to offer rewards and discounts to safe drivers.
Low-resistance tires improve fuel economy
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Ann Arbor, Michigan - Switching to tires with low rolling resistance may save gas and money, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Traveling Salesman Uncorks Synthetic Biology Bottleneck
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Durham, North Carolina - Researchers have created a computer program that will open a challenging field in synthetic biology to the entire world.
New democracy dataset to ‘revolutionize’ democracy research
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Notre Dame, Indiana - A five-year collaboration between institutions in the United States and Sweden has resulted in a new, public dataset for researchers of democracy.
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