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Obama Issues Executive Order to Protect Land From Development

President Obama has issued an executive order to protect 6,677 km2 (1.65 million acres) of land from development. The land in Utah encompasses 5,463 km2 (1.35 million acres) around Bears Ears Buttes, and in Nevada, 1,214 km2 (300,000 acres) around Gold Butte in Nevada.

January 6, 2017
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New Breakthrough Can Lower Cost of Printed Electronics

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Researchers have discovered that silver nanowires have a 4,000-times higher conductivity than the silver nanoparticles commonly used in printed electronics. Because nanowires don't need to be melted together to be conductive, printed electronics could soon be created on cheaper materials, increasing their potential applications.

January 7, 2017
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Infinite Solar Power Technology Could Completely Change Our Future

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According to an energy expert, the proliferation of solar energy is going to allow for cheap and effectively infinite energy, with prices plummeting to as little as a penny per kW. Solar energy is slowly being integrated into major infrastructure projects, which will only help speed it along the path to energy dominance.

January 7, 2017
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This Tech Aims to Make Virtual Reality Indistinguishable From Real Life

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Feel virtual objects with AxonVR.

January 7, 2017
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The Bioengineered Organs That Will Save Lives

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These bioengineered organs have a lower chance of being rejected after transplant.

January 7, 2017
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The Sun, the Earth, and a Few Billion Years: Will Our Planet Still Be Around?

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Scientists have looked to a distant red giant star, L2 Puppis, to forecast what the future of our Solar System will be. What they've found is a star that's almost a twin to what our Sun will become in about 6 billion years, and the discovery of an orbiting planet may be a preview of the Earth's far-future fate.