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Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

Sponges derived from luffa plants could act as tiny power sources for small devices, say researchers - but they may not supply enough energy to be practical

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ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 7, 2023 - Citizens use photovoltaic energy from the roof of a shed to charge an electric vehicle at a public parking lot in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 7, 2023. Ordos City vigorously promotes the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects on the roofs of administrative institutions, government agencies, schools and public parking sheds. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

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How to reach net zero five times faster

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Back to the Future

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The 10 best time travel movies ever made, according to a metaphysicist

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Syndrome in The Incredibles

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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

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City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet

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City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet

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Society

Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

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Nature is a quantum engineer

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Why nature is the ultimate quantum engineer

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Future battery concepts

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Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might never lose efficiency

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Subatomic particles and atoms, conceptual illustration.

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A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

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An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics

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An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics

The classic depiction of the fundamental constituents of matter fails to accurately represent their relationships and what is missing – here’s how to do better

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Technology

Why haven't we got useful quantum computers yet?

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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Chemistry

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

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Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab

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