“Melting choc chip” blocks could stack up as grid-scale energy storage

A surprisingly simple new energy storage system is built on blocks that store thermal energy like melted chocolate chips in a muffin. The team says they’re efficient, scalable, safe, inexpensive, and can be used in existing coal-fired power plants.

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Sixteen-year-old sets world’s fastest slalom record for Porsche

Sixteen-year-old Chloe Chambers has set a new Guinness World Record for "fastest vehicle slalom," and Porsche now has a new performance metric to brag about for its 718 Spyder as the most agile car on the planet.

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Warming oceans are trapping shellfish in hotspots they can’t escape

Scientists studying more than half a century of data on bottom-dwelling shellfish have uncovered evidence of a feedback loop in which generations of these marine creatures are becoming trapped in warmer areas that threaten their survival.

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Study makes case for mushroom leather as greener, ethical alternative

A new review article, from a team of material scientists, is suggesting a leather-like material made from mushroom-derived biomass has the potential to be cheaper, and more environmentally sustainable, than animal leather or its plastic derivations.

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Diabetes remission induced in mice through brain injections

The brain may be a new drug target for longer term control of diabetes. Two new studies on rodents have investigated how a certain peptide works to induce remission for animals with diabetes, which could lead to new breakthroughs in human treatments.

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Plug-and-play brain-decoding device picks up where it left off

One of their more promising applications for brain computer interfaces involves allowing sufferers of paralysis to regain control of prosthetic devices, something scientists have now demonstrated with a first-of-a-kind plug-and-play device.

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New evidence testosterone therapy is effective obesity treatment in men

New data suggests testosterone therapy may be a helpful treatment for some men suffering from obesity. The research finds long-term testosterone therapy can, in some cases, be as effective as bariatric surgery in morbidly obese subjects.

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Maximize developer productivity: How to keep up with the CI/CD wave

Commentary: For organizations hoping to embrace modern CI/CD practices, CircleCI's new developer hub can help. Image: monstArrr_, Getty Images/iStockphoto Exactly no one is happy about the COVID-19 era, but it…

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The Leyat Helica propeller car: A wonderfully bad idea

Today's car designs are mostly variations on a familiar theme, but a hundred years ago, profoundly weird ideas like the Leyat Helica had their chance to compete. Basically a wingless aircraft, it was lightweight, very fast, and a really bad idea.

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