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Optics & Photonics Mar 14, 2024

Researchers develop a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of timekeeping

Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized timekeeping, the detection of planets outside of our solar system and high-speed optical ...

Astronomy Mar 11, 2024

Saturn's moon is a testing ground to gain a better understanding of the methane molecule

Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system and the only one with a dense atmosphere. At the top of this atmosphere, rich in nitrogen and methane, the sun's radiation produces a great diversity of organic molecules, ...

Materials Science Mar 2, 2024

A strategy to further boost the efficiency of copper indium gallium selenide solar cells

Until recently, chalcopyrite-based solar cells have achieved a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 23.35%, as reported in 2019 by Solar Frontier, a former Solar Energy company based in Japan. Further boosting this efficiency, ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 26, 2024

Researchers harness the sun to produce hydrogen gas from water

A team of chemistry researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed a unique approach to harnessing the sun's energy to produce hydrogen gas, a potential clean energy source, from water, according ...

Condensed Matter Mar 13, 2024

How to upcycle low-energy light: A new design for highly efficient conversion materials

To combine two low-energy photons into one high-energy photon efficiently, the energy must be able to hop freely, but not too quickly, between randomly oriented molecules of a solid. This Kobe University discovery provides ...

Nanomaterials Mar 5, 2024

Harmful 'forever chemicals' removed from water with new electrocatalysis method

Scientists from the University of Rochester have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from "forever chemicals" found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a wide array of other products. ...

Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2024

Researchers devise new ways to engineer carbon-based semiconductors for electronics of the future

It might look like a roll of chicken wire, but this tiny cylinder of carbon atoms—too small to see with the naked eye—could one day be used for making electronic devices ranging from night vision goggles and motion detectors ...

Nanophysics Mar 15, 2024

Printed polymer allows researchers to explore chirality and spin interactions at room temperature

A printable organic polymer that assembles into chiral structures when printed has enabled researchers to reliably measure the amount of charge produced in spin-to-charge conversion within a spintronic material at room temperature. ...

Earth Sciences Mar 13, 2024

Study highlights effect of aerosols over Asia on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Since the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) was first monitored in 2004, it has been the focus of thousands of scientific papers and even a blockbuster movie that grossed more than $552 million worldwide.

Nanomaterials Mar 20, 2024

Cleaning up environmental contaminants with quantum dot technology

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was focused on quantum dots—objects so tiny, they're controlled by the strange and complex rules of quantum physics. Many quantum dots used in electronics are made from toxic substances, ...

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