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Making Batteries From Waste Glass Bottles: UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and personal electronics

Even with the recycling programs, billions of glass bottles end up in landfills every year, prompting the researchers to ask whether silicon dioxide in waste beverage bottles could provide high purity silicon nanoparticles for lithium-ion batteries....

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Potentially Habitable Super-Earth is a Prime Target for Atmospheric Study

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Hubble Spots Possible Venting Activity on Europa

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ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks

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Stellar explosions are most often associated with supernovae, the spectacular deaths of stars. But new ALMA observations provide...

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NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts

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JPL's AREE rover for Venus is just one of the concepts selected by NASA for further research funding.

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NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts

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Montage of innovative concepts selected for 2017 NIAC Phase I and Phase II funding.

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Hubble Takes Close-up Portrait of Jupiter

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Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere

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