- How To Carbon Date a Web Page
If a web page lacks a timestamp, how do you know when it was created? A new web application could help
Ever needed to know the age of a webpage only to discover that it lacks a timestamp saying when it was published?
- IBM Solar Dish Does Double Duty
IBM Researchers build solar concentrator that generates electricity and enough heat for desalination or cooling.
Cooling a supercomputer can provide clues on how to make solar power cheap, says IBM.
- The Enduring Technology of Coal
Despite the need to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, the burning of coal has only been accelerating.
- Multifunctional Drugs May Offer Better-Than-Additive Effects
A startup called Catabasis is developing drugs that hit diseases at multiple targets.
Sometimes a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The startup Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is hoping that will hold true for the multifunctional drugs it’s developing.
- Novel Heating System Could Improve Electric Car’s Range
A prototype system can heat and cool without draining battery power.
Buyers considering an electric car must bear in mind that using battery-powered heating and air conditioning can decrease the car’s range by a third or more (see “BMW’s Solution to Limited Electric-Vehicle Range: A Gas-Powered Loaner”). A New York Times reviewer recently ran into this problem on a test drive, ending up stranded with a dead battery (see “Musk-New York Times Debate Highlights Electric Cars’ Shortcomings”).
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