In the race to replace silicon in low-cost solar cells, semiconductors known as metal halide perovskites are favored because they can be solution-processed into thin films with excellent photovoltaic efficiency. A collaboration ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 26, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham, Sorbonne Universités and Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight, has found that human fingertips behave differently when touching something depending ...
Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as humans – and even more quickly in certain situations. These are the findings of biopsychologists who had performed the same behavioural experiments to test ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2017
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Making a magnet from a piece of iron and a coil or wire, or another magnet, is a simple experiment. An external electric or magnetic field can align groups of atoms in the iron over time so that they take on their own permanent ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2017
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In an abandoned gold mine close to Deadwood, South Dakota, construction has started on what is arguably the world's largest science experiment. I'm part of an international team of around 1,000 scientists assembled to design ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2017
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Do you think porridge or oatmeal is funnier?
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2017
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Australia – for the first time - will soon have the power to task an Earth imaging satellite in orbit. We'll be able to collect imagery where we need it, and downlink the data directly into Australian ground stations.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2017
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There is growing interest in the potential for a technology known as brain fingerprinting to be used in the fight against crime and terrorism, but it's far from reliable.
Other
Sep 26, 2017
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Removing humans from the "driving equation" would save lives and dramatically reduce the costs associated with car accidents, Swinburne's self-driving car expert Dr Hussein Dia says.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 26, 2017
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A planting design that outwitted a weevil in Texas citrus groves has yielded numerous other benefits for growers and brought better quality oranges and grapefruits to consumers, experts say.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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