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Mortgage Rates Holding Steady Near 3.75% in September

Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing ZillowThe weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell almost imperceptibly this week, with the rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 3.74 percent Tuesday, down 1 basis point from last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hovered around that rate throughout the week. “Rates dipped slightly last

'Synthetic' Leaves: The Energy Plants of the Future? (Kavli Roundtable)

Alan Brown, writer and blogger for The Kavli Foundation contributed this article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. People could store it this form of solar energy in cars’ fuel tanks, distribute it through pipelines, and buy it in gas stations. Green plants and some bacteria basically do this every day, through photosynthesis, turning water and carbon dioxide into sugar.