When it comes to improving the efficiency of solar cells, a group of University of Wyoming professors has discovered a way to do so by adding manganese atoms—an alternate metal—to the mix. Doing so, they found, dramatically ...
General Physics
May 24, 2017
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The United States unveiled a sweeping new regulatory framework for the unexpectedly rapid rise of self-driving automobile technology, just days after Uber broke ground with its first driverless taxis.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 20, 2016
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John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City has started using new face recognition technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 20, 2016
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The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy will take at least a generation, if not a bit longer. And at the end of the journey, we will not emerge with a pristine planet. The goal is to minimize the damage we ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2022
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Researchers have shown that a detection technology borrowed from quantum optics can be used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) with much lower light power than previously possible. This could greatly improve the ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2020
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It seems not a day goes by without the appearance of another dire warning about the future of work.
Robotics
Mar 7, 2019
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Samsung's Galaxy Gear, a new computing device worn like a wristwatch, is certain to pique much curiosity when it starts being worn in public. The intensely black rectangular screen and orange strap on the wrist of a Samsung ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 4, 2013
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As part of a "Lazarus Project" to try to bring the Australian gastric-brooding frog back from extinction a UNSW-led team has succeeded in producing early stage cloned embryos containing the DNA of the frog, which died out ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2013
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Quantum technology is expected to fundamentally change many key areas of society. Researchers are convinced that there are many more useful quantum properties and applications to explore than those we know today. A team of ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 20, 2023
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers including members of the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two recent papers published in the Proceedings ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 4, 2013
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