How Does Ice Cool Drinks? Heres something we tend to take for granted: drop a few ice cubes into a glass of water at room temperature, and in a few minutes the water will cool. How does this work? Heat is a measure of molecular activity: the faster a

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Time for M.I.T.s Clean Energy Prize. The annual competition gives teams of university students a chance to compete for $200,000 to kick-start their new clean energy business. One finalist designed a compression technology for natural gas wells that w

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Die-hard advocates of alternate energy might fantasize about cars that could one day run on water. But scientists in India have gone a step further. Theyve mathematically modeled an engine that should allow a motorcycle to run on aircompressed air, t

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Adam Frank usually has his head in the sky. He's an astrophysicist. It's an occupational hazard. Right now, though, he is dazzled by the universe of green right here on Earth. ADAM FRANK, BYLINE: Now that we're well past the star

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BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A study recently published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology opens up new avenues in biohydrogen research, the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) said on Friday. Scientists at the TU Berlin succeeded in expla

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BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists revealed for the first time the molecular structure of proteins, which enables bacteria to transfer electrical charges, according to a new study. The revelation was published in Proceedings of the National Ac

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