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Without better knowledge of the risk, the average energy investor can only hope that the next extreme event won’t trigger a sudden correction, according...
Tiny, battery-free ID tag could help combat counterfeiting
To combat supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions of dollars annually, MIT researchers have invented a cryptographic ID tag that’s small enough...
New device brings lithium metal batteries one step closer to commercial use
Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed an ultrasound-emitting device that brings lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, one step closer to commercial...
Why Australians fell out of love with Holdens
The jingle used to tell us we loved “football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars”.
These days we love Japanese utes and small Toyotas, Hyundais...
High-tech shortages loom as coronavirus shutdowns hit manufacturers
There are now more than 45,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, and the disease has caused at...
Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them...
A total of 6718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019.
That’s three times as many as in 2018, but it’s still small beer....
Why is Tesla selling insurance and what does it mean for drivers
In the past year, Elon Musk and Tesla have fascinated the world with new innovations like the Tesla Cybertruck.
There is excitement about most new...
Why laptops could be facing the end of the line
Microsoft’s recent announcement that it would end support for users of its Windows 7 operating system had stress written all over it.
The company advised...
The US economy produced about $21.7 trillion in goods and services in 2019 –...
The economic measurement known as gross domestic product has been called one of the great inventions of the 20th century.
Vital for understanding a nation’s...
For cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
Costs of solar panels have plummeted over the last several years, leading to rates of solar installations far greater than most analysts had expected.
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Harvard scientists confirm an important cause of grey hair
When Marie Antoinette was captured during the French Revolution, her hair reportedly turned white overnight.
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Scientists find the major cause of autism
In a new study, researchers discovered that autism is 80% reliant on inherited genes.
That means that environmental causes are only responsible for 20% of...
This study finds a new cause of autism
Autism affects 1 in 59 children and is 4 times more common in boys than in girls, and it is a developmental disorder.
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These two types of drugs are linked to dementia
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This walking exercise can make older people healthy and fit
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