In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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