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Did you know that you actually glow in the dark?

Humans emit a faint glow due to the metabolic processes in our bodies, but the light is about 1,000 times weaker than our eyes can detect.

Innovation

Future Phones and Carbon Fiber Batteries

Cars and planes could soon be built using the world’s strongest batteries, thanks to a breakthrough from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

Researchers have introduced a new type of structural battery that could reduce a laptop's weight by 50%, make mobile phones as thin as a credit card, or increase an electric vehicle’s range by up to 70% on a single charge. These structural batteries not only store energy but also support structural loads, thanks to stiff, strong carbon fibers that store electrical energy chemically. When vehicles, planes, ships, or computers are built from materials that function both as batteries and structural components, weight and energy consumption are significantly reduced.

For vehicles, which require strong designs to meet safety standards, the new battery's stiffness has increased from 25 to 70 gigapascals (GPa), allowing it to carry loads as well as aluminum but with less weight. “Investing in light, energy-efficient vehicles is a matter of course if we are to economize on energy and think about future generations. We have made calculations on electric cars that show that they could drive for up to 70 percent longer than today if they had competitive structural batteries.”

The researchers aimed to make the technology commercially viable, leading to the creation of Chalmers Venture company Sinonus. They have received significant interest from the automotive and aerospace industries. However, transitioning from lab-scale production to large-scale manufacturing will require substantial investment. “It will require large investments to meet the transport industry’s challenging energy needs, but this is also where the technology could make the most difference,” added Professor Asp.

Entertainment

The “Finger of Death”

This is one of those fascinating, beautiful, and wondrous things you find in nature that I would have never thought could happen.

World News

Statue from Titanic Wreck

A two-foot-tall bronze statue of the Greek goddess Diana, once displayed on the Titanic's fireplace mantle, was discovered during a recent expedition.

Described as “a needle in a haystack,” it is one of many sought-after art pieces targeted by maritime archaeologists. The Titanic, famously known as the 'unsinkable' luxury liner, carried England’s elite on its ill-fated maiden voyage to the U.S. The ship was also a “floating gallery of fine art,” as Art Net recently noted, showcasing everything from a 1912 Renault luxury car to this bronze statue, a replica of the Diana of Versailles. The original statue is housed in the Louvre, but on the Titanic, it was placed above a fireplace, as shown in a photograph taken onboard.

RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that leads expeditions to document and recover the ship's relics, recently completed an unmanned mission to the wreck in the North Sea. There, buried in the mud, they found the statue, remarkably free of corrosion.The statue shows Diana wielding a club over her right shoulder, with a stag at her left side. While RMS Titanic leaves some artifacts in place, the Diana of Versailles is likely to be retrieved during future expeditions.

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