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Breakthrough Device Uses Sunlight And Water To Produce Low-Cost Green Hydrogen And Drinking Water

By: Volodymyr Sliesariev, Journalist
These new devices is called hybrid solar distillation-water electrolysis and uses a process called photoelectrochemical water splitting, which mimics photosynthesis. Special semiconductor materials absorb sunlight and use that energy to initiate chemical reactions that break down water (H₂O) into hydrogen (H₂) and oxygen (O₂).
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Plastic Bottles

By: Aidan Seguin, Journalist
Plastic bottles are a staple in our everyday routines, used for everything from drinks to household cleaning products. To truly appreciate their importance, it's worthwhile to explore how they are made and how technology has transformed these containers over time.
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The Great Molasses Flood

The Great Molasses Flood

By: Ghet Hmeda, Journalist
Children played in the streets, workers took their lunch breaks, and horses pulled wagons down the cobblestone roads. But something strange was about to happen—something that no one could have ever expected.
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under water photography of man wearing blue flippers

The Invention of Flippers

By: Kaden Brock, Journalist
Frenchman Louis De Corlieu developed the modern swim fin in the early 1900's and eventually know as swimming propellers used in naval applications. Swimming fins had many advancements over the years and was revolutionary to the human advancement.
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Tidal Energy

Tidal Energy

By: Laith Kassim, Journalist
Tidal energy is a type of renewable energy powered by the movement of ocean tides. Tidal power is a type of hydroelectric energy, and is harnessed by tidal streams generators, barrages, and tidal lagoons.
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How A Boat Works

How A Boat Works

By: Levani Goshua, Journalist
The principle known as buoyancy, derived from Archimedes' Principle, explains why boats float. Buoyancy is the upward force exerted by a fluid on an object submerged. It states that when an object is partially or fully immersed into a liquid, the upward force or buoyant force exerted on the body is equal to the weight of the fluid which that body displaces.
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Flood Wall

Flood Wall

By: Olmer Andrade Lemus, Journalist

Flood walls protect us from the danger and damage from floods. Floods are a very dangerous natural disaster; they can affect human lives and put humans in danger. Flooding can also affect the environment...

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