Updated 2017 Ford Focus Electric to get DC fast charging and 100-mile range (image credit: Ford Motor Company) At Ford Motor Company’s annual December media >>>

Chemists have concocted a completely recyclable, biodegradable polymer, paving a potential new road to truly sustainable, petroleum-free plastics. Source: Recyclable bioplastics cooled down, cooked up >>>

Start of operation and first plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X fusion research device at IPP Greifswald Source: The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device >>>

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NASA releases a composite image of Saturn’s moon Titan, taken using near-infrared light, which reveals the Earth-like dunes, rivers and lakes of its surface. Source: >>>

Google appears to be more confident about the technical capabilities of its D-Wave 2X quantum computer, which it operates alongside NASA at the U.S. space >>>

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A Harvard study links chemicals used in flavored electronic cigarettes to cases of severe respiratory disease. Source: Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to lung >>>

An American satellite, abandoned in 1967 as a piece of Space Junk has begun transmitting again after 46 years. Lincoln Experimental Satellite Source: American satellite >>>

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