Daily Science Brief

Red Onion, Green Energy


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Volcanoes can lead to revolutions, onions powering solar panels, a spacecraft predicting solar storms, and computers you can throw in the wash.


SOURCES

  • Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution | New Scientist
  • Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable | Live Science
  • Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth | New Scientist
  • Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine | Live Science
  • Fibre computer enables more accurate recognition of human activity | EurekAlert! - AAAS


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