Tag Archives: materials

The world is moving toward renewable energy, but progress has been slow. Part of the problem is that power sources like wind and solar are inconsistent, and battery technology isn’t advanced enough to smooth it out. Developing new battery materials is a tedious process, but scientists at the Department of …

An international team of researchers from Austria and the UK has shown that Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) can manufacture and use stick-type tools of appropriate shape and length out of three different materials, suggesting that the birds can anticipate how the tools will be used. Goffin’s cockatoos can cut out …