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Hydroelectric Power in the most creative way

A startup company has come up with a very clever way to generate electricity from flowing water without much effect on the river system.  Check it out! https://www.wimp.com/simple-solution-to-a-difficult-problem/

Tweaking quantum dots powers-up double-pane solar windows

“Engineered quantum dots could bring down the cost of solar electricity” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180102134846.htm

Floating solar fuels rig created for seawater electrolysis

“Design is the first practical floating solar hydrogen-generating device to perform water electrolysis without pumps or membranes; could lead to low-cost, sustainable hydrogen production” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171215094443.htm

Multimedia top 10

“2017 in multimedia: the unmissable videos and podcasts of the year. ” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08527-4

2017 in pictures: The best science images of the year

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08492-y

2017 in news: The science events that shaped the year

“A giant iceberg, a quantum-entanglement experiment and the death of a spacecraft are among the year’s top stories.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08493-x?utm_source=briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20171216

Three Things That Wouldn’t Have Happened in 2016 without Climate Change

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/three-things-wouldnt-have-happened-climate-change

Bitcoin could cost us our clean-energy future

Bitcoin could cost us our clean-energy future

First controlled nuclear chain reaction achieved 75 years ago

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/anniversary-first-controlled-nuclear-chain-reaction?tgt=more

Loss of the night: Light pollution rising rapidly on a global scale

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/23/health/light-pollution-increase-study/index.html