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Researchers at the DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing two high-stakes projects ...

RMIT University researchers have developed a flexible nylon-film device that generates electricity from compression and keeps working even after being run over by a car multiple times, opening the ...

Researchers in Australia have developed a flexible nylon-film device that generates electricity from compression and keeps ...

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Cooking with charcoal, waiting for water; women and the elderly bear the brunt of Trump’s measures against Cuba. Lisandra Fariñas reports from Cuba's capital, Havana.