American inventor John Goodenough first started working on battery technology more than 40 years ago. Goodenough actually co-invented lithium-ion batteries in 1980. This eventually led to a revolution in the electronics industry because those devices

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(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. You are listening to our program today on a radio. Almost no communication would exist in the world without the electromag

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Earth Station - The term used to describe the combination of antenna, low-noise amplifier (LNA), down-converter, and receiver electronics that are used to receive a signal transmitted by a satellite.

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Scientists have solved the mystery behind the brilliant northern and southern light show known as Aurora Borealis. The phenomenon is caused by electromagnetic energy from the sun, which experts say also wreaks havoc on ground-based power grids and s

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Looking up at the night sky, we are amazed by how it seems to go on forever. 仰望夜空,我们为它的永无止境而感到惊讶。 But what will the sky look like billions of years from now? 然而数十亿年前的天空又会是什么样子呢

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On a previous Moment of Science we discussed one of the problems with turning yourself invisible. Sure, it sounds like fun. But a little physics showed us that the invisible man couldn't see anything either, because in order to see, light has to inte

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