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Can Fully Electric Homes Be Affordable And Efficient?
A heat pump gathers warmth from the outside for the winter. It can cool your home also. The reason more people don't use them is cost; in Europe it can be 10X the price of a natural gas boiler. Here's what needs to happen for all-electric to be viable.
The Conversation Fri, 08/14/2026 - 20:18 Categories Applied PhysicsBiochar and nitrification inhibitor help cut ammonia losses while sustaining crop yields
Vanillin flavouring in e-cigarettes disrupts human embryonic stem cell development
KAIST develops high-efficiency, eco-friendly hydrogen separation membrane that filters hydrogen through a molecular “network”
Fishbone-derived catalyst turns agricultural plastic waste into olefin-rich bio-oil
Returning rice straw helps paddy soils lock away more carbon through iron-mediated protection
Lord Lytton, Psychological Genius
Elites say his work is cliché but that only happens when everyone quotes you. His psychological insights also deserve a modern rethink.
Hank Campbell Wed, 08/12/2026 - 15:41 Categories Random ThoughtsKAIST develops AI to detect ‘foreign-linked opinion manipulation’ in 110 million news comments
Surface oxygen species steer hydrogen production from methanol over platinum catalysts
Laboratory chemical exposure and diet linked to self-reported health symptoms among young scientists
Lorenz Studer begins term as President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
Nathan Straus: How Macy’s Jewish Magnate Helped The Poor With Science
Wealthy elites giving out $500 solar-powered juice presses are the problem with modern virtue-signaling masquerading as philanthropy. Nathan Straus was far more beneficial.
The Conversation Tue, 08/11/2026 - 18:01 Categories Science & SocietyMajor Genetic Weakness For Hybrid Breeding Revealed
Legacy hybrid corn breeding may be about to hit a crippling genetic roadblock.
News Account Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:10 Categories Genetics & Molecular BiologyFrom Inspiration to Impact: 10 Years of Research on AI for Physics
A graph tells a thousand words - in this one, I present a summary of my past 10 years of research, trying to exploit the new AI technologies to improve the way we do research in fundamental science.
Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 08/11/2026 - 07:05 Categories Physics