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Science

Next-gen cargo ships could use 164-foot sails to lower fuel use by 30%

A new generation of sail-equipped hybrid cargo ships could use up to 30% less fuel.

Drops of water overcome adhesion and fly off a dewy lotus leaf as mechanical vibrations dry it

Science

Good vibrations: Lotus leaf's secrets revealed

Using an ultra high-speed camera, a powerful microscope and an audio speaker, scientists have been able to observe water as it condensed on the lotus leaf's surface, and more importantly, how the water condensate disappeared.

The Solé Power Tile is the first building-integrated photovoltaic roofing product and exclusively available to customers of US Tile

Environment

Not your average solar panel: The SRS solar roof tile

SRS Energy has teamed up with US Tile to offer a solar roofing solution where the solar panels are shaped like a curved tile to seamlessly blend in with similar clay tiles

Graduate student Alex Bartman works with the M3 water filtration and desalination system (Photo: UCLA Newsroom)

Environment

The M3 mobile water desalination system cuts the cost of producing clean water

The mini-mobile-modular (M3) “smart” water desalination and filtration system could help determine the feasibility of using available water as a source for a large-scale desalination plant.