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scienceandweedbro:

MIT’s artificial leaf is ten times more efficient than the real thing

The device is an advanced solar cell, no bigger than a typical playing card, which is left floating in a pool of water. Then, much like a natural leaf, it uses sunlight to split the water into its two core components, oxygen and hydrogen, which are stored in a fuel cell to be used when producing electricity.

Nocera’s leaf is stable — operating continuously for at least 45 hours without a drop in activity in preliminary tests — and made of widely available, inexpensive materials — like silicon, electronics and chemical catalysts. It’s also powerful, as much as ten times more efficient at carrying out photosynthesis than a natural leaf.

With a single gallon of water, Nocera says, the chip could produce enough electricity to power a house in a developing country for an entire day. Provide every house on the planet with an artificial leaf and we could satisfy our 14 terrawatt need with just one gallon of water a day.

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SCIENCE.

are you shitting me, this is INCREDIBLE

:D

YEEEA SCIENCE

Anthrocon dances, 2012.

jazzmanisineffect:

Literally all I want is a high quality file of this still from the Blue Jeans music video. It’s an image that just completely captures my attention.

Woah.

Peel by YOY

I love this so much. To put it simply this is just a wall mounted lamp, however it creates a wonderful illusion that the wall paper is peeling away from the surface. The bright illumination given off makes it look as if you’re peeling away the paper to reveal another dimension beyond the walls surrounding you. A very cool effect and something I would love to own.

Artists: | Website | [via: iGANT]

Woah

Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhh

subliming:

reactivating:

The solar eclipse from space

Unreal.

eyeoffcenter:

kinomatika:

jumpingjacktrash:

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rockpapertheodore:

dakejirk:

if slenderman just wanted a hug would he be called tenderman

if slenderman could manipulate the elements he would be benderman

if slenderman gave loans he would be the lenderman

if slenderman worked for pixar he’d be renderman

if slenderman worked for the postal service he’d be senderman

if slenderman had a tumblr, it’d be called offenderman

If slenderman were in Minecraft he’d be an enderman.

Wait.

Interrupting cat whMEOW

clavid:

PARKOUR PARKOUR

Fuck you guys, I do what I want!

dont-steal-georges-food:

Yeah so my friend left her facebook up at my house

New prank to do at a con when someone leaves their FA open in the internet lounge.

cosascool:

The Ghosts of World War II by Sergey Larenkov

Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshops them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to experience places like Berlin, Prague, and Vienna in ways we could have never imagined, more importantly, we are able to appreciate our shared history in a whole new and unbelievably meaningful way.