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Cars generating electricity from wheel friction

If you are wondering what on earth a triboelectric effect is, the simple movement of rubbing a balloon on your head making your hair stand up can answer that question – the movement generates static electricity. During the tests, the friction generated between tire and ground is what fuels the vehicle. The researchers in the study found that this friction with the asphalt consumes about 10% of the total fuel consumed by the vehicle

via Energy-generating car tires are created using new nanogenerator.

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China’s space program is making great progress

China wants greater cooperation with other nations in space, particularly the United States, the country’s most experienced astronaut has told CNN in an exclusive interview.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/28/asia/china-space-mckenzie/

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Mapping the Sea Floor

Someday the entire sea floor will be mapped.  Look what was just found: A 50 million year old volcano cluster near Sydney.

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Airless tires are coming closer to reality

Airless tires have taken a huge step towards coming closer to production thanks to the Hankook iFlex tire having gone through many high speed tests. This is the companies fifth attempt at bringing tires without air to the market and with it comes numerous benefits to the environment in comparison to using the conventional tires. –

See more at: http://interestingengineering.com/airless-tires-are-coming-closer-to-reality/#sthash.da6L6zr2.dpuf

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“Let’s move from talking, to building a better world” – POC21

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One in a billion star

An international team of researchers, with the assistance of amateur astronomers, have discovered a unique binary star system: the first known such system where one star completely eclipses the other. It is a type of two-star system known as a Cataclysmic Variable, where one super dense white dwarf star is stealing gas from its companion star, effectively ‘cannibalising’ it.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-gaia-satellite-amateur-astronomers-billion.html#jCp

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Dulse is a superfood, with twice the nutritional value of kale

According to this article

“Dulse is a superfood, with twice the nutritional value of kale”

via Stop Everything: There’s a New Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale | TIME.

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Surprising Applications of the Magnus Effect

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3,500 meters mountains on a crater less Pluto

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Pluto is young and geologically active

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/from-mountains-to-moons-multiple-discoveries-from-nasa-s-new-horizons-pluto-mission

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Pluto

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33524589