Scientists have found a way to turn solar energy into hydrogen for fuel cells
For the first time ever, scientists have been able to develop a single molecule that can turn photons in solar rays into hydrogen. This hydrogen could then be used to power fuel cells, giving us a new more efficient way to produce clean energy. Scientists still have to figure out a way to make this process and cheaper and more widely available.
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Pool, Chlorine and COVID-19
"There's nothing about a pool that would eliminate the need for social distancing, avoiding contaminated surfaces, or not breathing air from somebody who's close by," Purdue University's Ernest Blatchley said . Currently, there's no data exploring how common water disinfectants affect the Covid-19 virus specifically. It's possible that the virus may be more sensitive to chlorine and other common water disinfectants than other viruses because it has an envelope structure.
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New solar telescope looks at Sun in more detail than ever before
Researchers at the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Mount Haleakala in Hawaii aimed the unfinished 4-meter-wide telescope at the Sun, capturing pictures of the star in greater detail than ever before. Researchers hope the new telescope will help build a better understanding for why the Sun's atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.
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Scientists say the moon might help explain origins of life on Earth
Since the moon has long been considered an area extremely inhospitable for life, scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado have recommended that NASA should remove some restrictions designed to protect the moon from organic contamination, with the exception of the lunar south pole, where evidence of water ice still suggests its potential for explaining how life may have started on Earth.
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Galactic trio might help astronomers uncover mysteries about the early universe
A research team led by James Rhoads, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, studied a trio of galaxies in the northern sky which are so are away that the light reaching Earth from them is only 680 million years old. Observation of the ancient galaxies has uncovered new evidence for why the early universe's hydrogen underwent ionization: it was due to the galaxies' high energy UV radiation.
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