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Lightweight solar cells draw inspiration from Japanese art and move with the sun
When solar cells converge with the Japanese paper art form of kirigami, the result is something beautiful. The combination of the two creates light-weight state-of-the-art solar cells that can track the sun, capturing up to 40 percent more energy than conventional solar cells. While solar panels Read More...
One-on-one tutoring helps improve math scores and reduce anxiety
Children who struggle with math may benefit in more than one way from working with a tutor. Not only will one-on-one tutoring teach kids better, improving their scores, but it also reduces anxiety. A study of 8-year-olds, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that tutoring calms the Read More...
The world's biggest automakers think that humans will always want to drive their own cars
Silicon Valley seems to think that the march to self-driving vehicles is inexorable, but the carmaking industry’s biggest players are betting that most drivers prefer to keep their hands on the wheel. According to one estimate, self-driving technology in cars may grow into a $42 billion Read More...
Ocean waves may hold secret to efficient renewable energy
As the demand for renewable wind and solar energy steadily increases, the need to reduce the cost and extend the life of renewable energy storage batteries becomes even greater. By getting back to the basics, a University of Cincinnati quantum chemistry researcher looks at how water and other Read More...
How smartphones can help fight global food waste
Food waste is a global epidemic. In America alone it’s estimated that 70 billion pounds of food go unused and uneaten each year. But what if we could get the most out of our fruits and veggies before we toss them into the bin? The first step is making sure we properly use what we already Read More...
Artificial 'plants' could fuel the future
Imagine creating artificial plants that make gasoline and natural gas using only sunlight. And imagine using those fuels to heat our homes or run our cars without adding any greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. By combining nanoscience and biology, researchers led by scientists at University of Read More...
Uber is even bigger than you realize
Uber now serves 2 million rides per day. Just five years in, Uber is the most valuable startup in the world, worth more than $50 billion after its most recent round of funding. It's arguably the quickest to scale as well, and the ride-hailing company doesn't show signs of slowing down: An exclusive Read More...
Why do empires care about women’s clothes
In 1820, in the Indian city of Benares, an English Baptist missionary named Smith helped to save a woman from the Hindu practice of sati, the burning of widows. He described the scene: ‘As soon as the flames touched her, she jumped off the pile. Immediately the Brahmins seized her, in order Read More...
Uber closes on $1.2 billion in funding for China
Ride sharing giant Uber has raised $1.2 billion in new funding to invest in its business in China. The round was led by Chinese search giant Baidu, and Uber’s China subsidiary was valued at $8 billion, according to Chinese news site Sina. Uber was valued at $50 billion in its last round of Read More...
How to reinvent the organization man in the Uber-age
Uber suffered a legal blow this week when a California judge granted class action status to a lawsuit claiming the car-hailing service treats its drivers like employees, without providing the necessary benefits. Up to 160,000 Uber chauffeurs, or “driver-partners” in company-speak, are now Read More...