According to a team of researchers, it turns out that ice is what’s called flexoelectric, which means that it generates ...

In a bid to stabilize struggling crude-oil refineries, state lawmakers on Saturday passed a last-minute bill that would allow the construction of 2,000 new oil wells annually in the San Joaquin Valley ...

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Plasma is the "fourth state of matter" alongside solids, liquids, and gases. When a neutral gas is superheated, some of its ...

Taking lessons from biology, UChicago researchers develop system that controls chemical transport at atomic scale ...

A flexible gel material improves the durability and safety of tiny zinc batteries by controlling ion movement and protecting ...

An industry-government partnership aims to accelerate the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries, which could help North America end its dependence on lithium, cobalt, and ...

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Rattlesnake. Image by Peter Paplanus, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. For pet owners living in areas where wildlife ...