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A new antibiotic attacks bacteria like a poisoned arrow by first penetrating the bacterial wall and then destroying it from the inside. It could be used on bacteria that are resistant against other drugs.

Although counter-intuitive, people are overwhelmingly generous to others. A study found that this has four different reasons: they are more likely to receive generosity in return, or by a third person, or by their network, or they repay generosity they received.

New catalysts using rhodium, chromium, and cobalt have been developed that allow to split water into hydrogen and oxygen using sun light in a highly efficient way.

For the first time ever, last month was so sunny that so much electricity was generated from solar and wind plants that no electricity was generated from coal in the UK for all of May.

A prototype for a floating platform is under development that can generate electricity from a combination of waves, wind, and sunlight.