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Image via Wikipedia ChargeCar aims to create a kit that makes it easy for local auto shops to convert conventional cars to electric. PITTSBURGH — Chuck Wichrowski remembers the first car he ever worked on, when he was just a college graduate and knew nothing about cars: His wife’s 1970 Chevy Nova. The second? A

Researchers invent process to make sustainable rubber, plastics Synthetic rubber and plastics – used for manufacturing tires, toys and myriad other products – are produced from butadiene, a molecule traditionally made from petroleum or natural gas. But those manmade materials could get a lot greener soon, thanks to the ingenuity of a team of scientists

Developed by British engineer James Bentham, the Solar Kettle can boil water simply by using sunlight. The portable thermos-like product uses a special thermal technology to boil water without the need for any power input, thus making it ideal for camping, picnics and outdoor activities. The Solar Kettle features a thermal vacuum tube which absorbs

A myriad of applications, including photochemistry, fluorescence microscopy and semiconductor manufacturing For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that

Cancer patients may soon have a new tool to help determine if certain treatments will be effective in their care. British scientists have developed a new genetic test that experts say is one of the most promising applications of personalized medicine, where a patient’s care is designed around his or her particular biological makeup. The

Now scientists have a new technique that avoids the expensive enzymes Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmentally friendly — but it is also expensive because the process, as used today, needs expensive enzymes, and large companies dominate this market. Now scientists have a new technique that avoids the expensive enzymes. The production

Banerjee and his research team recently pioneered an innovative window coating that blocks heat when hot and allows it to enter when cold. Sarbajit Banerjee has done India proud. An associate professor at the University of Buffalo, a state university of New York, Banerjee finds his name in the growing list of Indian-Americans and NRIs based in

An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say.

US intelligence agency aims to forecast unrest by reading the runes of social media. It is every government’s dream: a system that can predict future events such as riots, political upheavals and the outbreak of wars. Last week, a collection of academics and private businesses was scrambling to meet the deadline for proposals for research