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This inexpensive device can create electricity from snowfall
UCLA researchers have just designed an inexpensive, first-of-its-kind device that is capable of generating electricity from snowfall. The device, called a snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator or snow TENG by the researchers, is small, thin and flexible like a sheet of plastic. The snow TENG generates charge through static electricity and produces energy from the exchange of electrons. “Static electricity...
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Russian government to release around 100 captive whales into the wild
Last year, pictures of orcas and beluga whales held captive in a bay near the Sea of Japan port city of Nakhodka, Russia, surfaced and sparked concern among animal activists. The animals had been caught illegally by companies which planned to sell them to marine parks or aquariums in China. Soon after, a petition to release the whales was shared on social media which received nearly 1.5 million signatures,...
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Willie Nelson rescued 70 horses from the slaughterhouse, now looks after them at his Texas farm
86-year-old American musician Wille Nelson has an impressive herd of 70 horses at his Texas ‘Luck Ranch’, where he prefers to spend most of free time looking after the equines. The amazing thing is that all of these horses were destined for slaughterhouses, and Nelson rescued each one of them over the last few years. The name “Luck” suits the ranch in more ways than one. Nelson likes to say, “When...
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