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Longer lasting sodium-ion batteries on the horizon

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 08:46 AM PDT

A new longer-lasting sodium-ion battery design is much more durable and reliable in lab tests. After 300 charging cycles, it retained 90 percent of its charging capacity.

Scientists propose solution to a long-puzzling fusion problem

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 08:46 AM PDT

Researchers demonstrate explanation of paradox that could apply to all spherical tokamaks, cost-effective candidates to model a fusion pilot plant.

Genomic research supports recognizing new scrub jay species in Texas and Mexico

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 08:46 AM PDT

A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study reveals two groups of scrub jays -- one in Mexico and one in Texas -- deserve status as independent species. The paper also uses genomic data to sketch a natural history of scrub jays, showing how geographic changes over millennia split up and reconnected groups of the birds, swaying the flow of genes between them.

Astronomers detect a radio 'heartbeat' billions of light-years from Earth

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 08:46 AM PDT

Astronomers detected a persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to flash with surprising regularity. Named FRB 20191221A, this fast radio burst, or FRB, is currently the longest-lasting FRB, with the clearest periodic pattern, detected to date.

Maternal milk tied to better school-age outcomes for children born preterm

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 08:45 AM PDT

In a study that followed preterm infants for seven years, investigators found that children who received greater quantities of maternal milk both during and after time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) had greater academic achievement, higher IQs and reduced ADHD symptoms.