End of the Line for Metal Batteries?

New technology could produce lightweight and simple energy storage using nanotubes and paper.

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A delegate walks in front a light installation at the entrance of the Bella centre of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
Last Best Chance: UN Climate Conference Opens

The UN climate conference at Copenhagen is the largest ever assembled.

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West Africa's Giraffes Make Surprising Comeback

Once numbering in the thousands, a mere 50 remained by the mid 1990's.

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Designing a Cheaper Fuel Cell

New formula helps increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of the technology.

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Gallery: Constellation, NASA's Moon Program

Astronauts will launch on a rocket made up of a shuttle-derived solid rocket booster.

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Wave of Discovery

Efforts are underway to capture wave energy by creating simple, powerful devices that can withstand winds, monster waves, and corrosive salt water.

Disappearing Frogs

Frogs are in the fight of their lives against an aquatic fungus called chytrid, which infects the skin of these historically tough, resilient creatures.

Whiskered Robots

Scientists are constructing whiskered robots that can detect and then project 3D virtual images of objects on to a computer screen.

Autonomous Helicopters

Researchers are pushing the envelope of aerospace design in the search for an automated collision system.

Social Insects

Georgia Tech professor investigates the behavior of some of the most social insects on the planet.

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What Killed Ice-Age Animals? Surprising New Clues

New evidence seems to rule out popular extinction theories involving meteor strikes and human hunters.

Forty Years of Women Researchers in Antarctica

The U.S. Navy did not allow female scientists to travel to Antarctica until 1969.

Wolves, Moose and Soil Nutrients: The Unexpected Connection

Researchers were startled to discover "hot spots" of forest fertility.

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Species of Butterfly Set to Diverge Into Two

Heliconius butterflies in Ecuador seem to be mating into two distinct species.

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