Methanol as fuel: An accessible early step toward clean shipping

Decarbonizing shipping is an enormous challenge, and green ammonia has some serious issues as marine fuel. It seems the industry is leaning toward methanol and dual-fuel setups as an early measure, so let's take a look at methanol's clean potential.

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“Quantum flute” gets light moving in way never seen before

Scientists have created a “quantum flute” that can coax photons to move in sync and interact with each other, which they almost never do in nature. The device could help improve future quantum computer designs.

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Hiking boots use hydraulic pistons to stabilize ankles on rocky ground

Nothing stops a relaxing hike dead in its tracks quite like an ankle-crumpling misstep. The high-rising Terrein Ascent boot from German startup Terrein with its ankle-stabilizing piston is designed to make such incidents a problem of the past.

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CAPSTONE lunar probe phones home after dramatic day of silence

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment lunar mission looks like it's back on track after a day of suspense as NASA and contractor Advanced Space re-establish radio contact with the CubeSat probe.

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Another universal coronavirus vaccine readies for human trials

Researchers at Caltech are reporting preclinical success with a universal coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine uses mosaic nanoparticle technology to protect not only against SARS-CoV-2 but also the original SARS, and several common cold coronaviruses.

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