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  Lithium Restores Cognitive Function in Down Syndrome Mice

  December 3, 2012 — Researchers report that lithium, a drug commonly used for the treatment of mood disorders in humans, restores neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a part of the brain strongly associated with learning ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  Greener Storage for Green Energy

  November 29, 2012 — Renewable energy solutions like wind and solar operate on nature’s timetable. When the sun blazes or when the breeze blows, power is plentiful—but not necessarily at the moments when ... > full story
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  Thermogenerator from the Printer

  November 15, 2012 — Wireless sensor networks monitor machinery and equipment in factories, cars and power stations. They increasingly “harvest” the energy they need to transmit measurement data from the ... > full story
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  Production of Batteries Made Cheaper and Safer, Thanks to Finnish Researchers

  November 13, 2012 — Researchers in Finland have developed a method for producing lithium batteries that is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than previously used methods. This new process has succeeded in ... > full story
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  Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself

  November 8, 2012 — For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential -- a natural battery -- deep in the inner ... > full story
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  New Silicon-Based Batteries Outperform Current Batteries: 'Crushed' Porous Silicon Anodes Show Dramatic Increase in Charge-Discharge Cycles

  November 1, 2012 — Rice researchers crush their custom silicon sponges to make battery anodes that outperform those in current batteries and should easily scale up for ... > full story
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  Materials Scientists Make Additive-Free Battery Electrodes With Nanoparticles

  October 30, 2012 — Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes, which could greatly improve battery ... > full story
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  Salt Power: Watt's Next in Rechargeable Batteries?

  October 18, 2012 — Sodium could be an effective, inexpensive and virtually inexhaustible substitute for lithium, but it has a drawback that researchers hope to ... > full story
• Solar Energy
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  Organic Solar Cells With High Electric Potential for Portable Electronics

  October 11, 2012 — A new breakthrough in solar technology means portable electronic devices such as e-book readers could soon be re-charged on the move in low light levels and partial shading. Scientists have created ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Researchers Create 'Nanoflowers' for Energy Storage, Solar Cells

  October 11, 2012 — Researchers have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) -- a semiconductor material -- that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area. The GeS flower holds ... > full story

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