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• Harvard's Robot Bee Is Now Also a Submarine
• Carbon Nanotubes Too Expensive? Try Chicken Feathers
• How Pedestrians Can Protect Themselves From Diesel Exhaust
• U.S. and European Cars Show Safety Differences in Crashes
• Reseachers Create First Integrated Circularly Polarized Light Detector on a Silicon Chip
• Graphene Has a Place on the Hype Cycle, Says European Flagship Director
• Green Flow Battery Based on Cheap, Nontoxic Reagents
• Carbon Polluters Fund XPrize to Repurpose Their Emissions
• Emissions Testing Tech Puts Pressure on Carmakers

Harvard's Robot Bee Is Now Also a Submarine Posted: 30 Sep 2015 08:40 AM PDT Without any hardware modifications, the Harvard RoboBee learns to land in the water and go for a swim

Carbon Nanotubes Too Expensive? Try Chicken Feathers Posted: 30 Sep 2015 07:00 AM PDT Google Science Fair finalists create biofuels and a substitute for carbon nanotubes out of chicken feathers

How Pedestrians Can Protect Themselves From Diesel Exhaust Posted: 30 Sep 2015 05:00 AM PDT Don't hold your breath waiting for VW to clean up its diesels. Do hold your breath while crossing the street

U.S. and European Cars Show Safety Differences in Crashes Posted: 29 Sep 2015 02:00 PM PDT A safety study finds European cars do better in frontal and side crashes while U.S. cars withstand rollovers better

Reseachers Create First Integrated Circularly Polarized Light Detector on a Silicon Chip Posted: 29 Sep 2015 01:00 PM PDT Portable detectors could be used to determine drug chirality in hospitals and in the field

Graphene Has a Place on the Hype Cycle, Says European Flagship Director Posted: 29 Sep 2015 12:30 PM PDT As Europe's graphene flagship program turns two, director Jari Kinaret explains the material's negative press and what's to come

Green Flow Battery Based on Cheap, Nontoxic Reagents Posted: 29 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT Is this green flow battery a first step to affordable electric storage?

Carbon Polluters Fund XPrize to Repurpose Their Emissions Posted: 29 Sep 2015 10:30 AM PDT A $20 million Carbon XPrize funded by big fossil fuel producers and users sets a 4-1/2 year challenge to turn carbon dioxide into value-added products. Could there be more value in reducing emissions at the source?

Emissions Testing Tech Puts Pressure on Carmakers Posted: 29 Sep 2015 10:00 AM PDT Maturing tech shows that diesel exhaust in the real world is far higher than what carmakers advertise

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