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- Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
- Graphene nanoribbons for 'reading' DNA
- Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica: Heat may increase rate of ice loss
- Decline in creativity? It depends on how you look
| Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:57 PM PST Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars, cell phones and other devices. The secret is a stretchy polymer that coats the electrode, binds it together and spontaneously heals tiny cracks that develop during battery operation, according to the research.  |
| Graphene nanoribbons for 'reading' DNA Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:56 PM PST One of the methods used for examining the molecules in a liquid consists in passing the fluid through a nano-sized hole so as to detect their passage. Researchers have found a way to improve this technique by using a material with unique properties: graphene.  |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:56 PM PST A temporary seismic array in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica recorded two bursts of activity in 2010 and 2011. Careful analysis of the events shows they originate from a subglacial volcano at the leading end of a volcanic mountain chain. The volcano is unlikely to erupt through the kilometer of ice that covers it but it will melt enough ice to change the way the ice in its vicinity flows.  |
| Decline in creativity? It depends on how you look Posted: 15 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST Research has suggested that young Americans might be less creative than in decades past, even while their intelligence continues to rise. But new research, closely studying 20 years of student creative writing and visual artworks, hints that the dynamics of creativity may not break down as simply as that. Instead, it may be that some aspects of creativity — such as those employed in visual arts — are gently rising over the years, while other aspects, such as the nuances of creative writing, could be declining.  |
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