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US town rejects solar panels for sucking 'up all the energy from the sun'

A small US town in North Carolina rejects a proposal for solar panels in the area claiming that solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun.

Smart insulin patch could replace painful injections

Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention from researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State, who creates the first "smart insulin patch".