Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight than current technology.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2017
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Society is becoming more divided because wealthy and powerful figures are promoting the notion of a meritocracy while failing to address inequality, according to a new book by a sociologist at City, University of London.
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2017
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Scientists at the University of Sussex may have found a solution to the long-standing problem of brittle smartphone screens.
Nanomaterials
Oct 25, 2017
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Piezoelectric materials are used for applications ranging from the spark igniter in barbeque grills to the transducers needed by medical ultrasound imaging. Thin-film piezoelectrics, with dimensions on the scale of micrometers ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 25, 2017
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Photocathodes used in linear accelerator facilities, free electron lasers and advanced X-ray light sources generate a beam of electrons to probe matter at an atomic level. Advances in materials science have improved the composition ...
General Physics
Oct 25, 2017
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René Heller, a space scientist with the Maxx Planck Institute for Solar System Research has uploaded a paper to the arXiv preprint server offering possible attributes for the still-unconfirmed exomoon Kepler 1625 b-i. He ...
Genetic analysis of a pre-Norman skull unearthed in a garden in Hoxne, Suffolk, has added to a growing body of evidence that East Anglia may have been the epicentre of an epidemic of leprosy that spread through medieval England. ...
Archaeology
Oct 25, 2017
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A UNIST design team has revealed its new self-charging electric bike design concept, "Hybrid Module Mobility" at the 67th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, the world's largest fair for mobility. Depending upon users' requirements, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2017
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A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has presented a highly stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs), using edged-selectively fluorine (F) functionalized graphene nano-platelets (EFGnPs). This breakthrough has gotten much attention ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Clinicians should be trained to recognize symptoms of contaminated water use in order to help prevent contamination and execute other public health duties, according to an American Medical Association (AMA) ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2017
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