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Dec 23, 2016

World's First Solar Panel Road

France has opened what it claims to be the world’s first solar panel road.
A 1km (0.6-mile) route covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels was inaugurated.
It cost €5m (£4.2m) to construct and will be used by about 2,000 motorists a day during a two-year test period to establish if it can generate enough energy to power street lighting in the village of 3,400 residents.

Dec 20, 2016

First Biological Pacemaker Developed

Scientists have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells which can regulate heart beats with electrical impulses.
The findings show how human pluripotent stem cells can be coaxed in 21 days to develop into pacemaker cells.
These human pacemaker cells were tested in rat hearts and were shown to function as a biological pacemaker, by activating the electrical impulses that trigger the contraction of the heart.

Dec 15, 2016

Pair of Newborn Planets Spotted

A team of scientists has found evidence of a pair of newborn planets orbiting a young star.
Scientists claim that each planet is about the size of Saturn.
The host star is roughly five million years old and about twice the mass of the Sun and located about 400 light-years from Earth.

Dec 12, 2016

Material for Safer and Economical Nuclear Reactors

Scientists have created a nanoceramic material that may be used to produce safer and economical nuclear reactors.
As per researchers, this material cannot only withstand the harsh effects of radiation, but also becomes tougher under radiation.

Dec 10, 2016

Kounotori 6 Cargo Spaceship Launched

Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying the unmanned cargo spaceship Kounotori 6 to deliver supplies for astronauts living in the International Space Station.
The spaceship, sixth of its kind, carries some 5.9 tonnes of supplies.
Developed and built in Japan, the Kounotori spacecraft, also known as H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), has been used to deliver supplies to the space station.

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