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General Electric's research centre in Schenectady in New York state is trying to make flexible ceramics.
ECONOMIST: Small wonders
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The area took off in 1896, when the Roman-inspired aqueduct that brought water to the city centre was transformed into tracks for Rio's new electric tram, the bonde.
BBC: Bohemian Santa Teresa
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Dr Benford reckons some of them could have built up an electric current as they moved through the strong magnetic field that pervades the centre of the galaxy.
ECONOMIST: Here be serpents
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The German Aerospace Centre has tested this idea in an aircraft using a fuel cell to power two electric motors built into the hub of an aircraft nose wheel.
ECONOMIST: A cheaper, cleaner way for the long taxi to the runway