Researchers at the Department of Electronic Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have obtained a record efficiency of 22% with silicon solar cells that incorporate a surface treatment called black ...
Nanophysics
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The Politwoops website that saves tweets deleted by politicians said Friday it fears its operations may be closed down in 30 countries after Twitter switched it off in the United States.
Internet
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Having achieved promising results in proof-of-concept prototyping and experimental testing, a soft robotic glove under development by soft wearable robotics expert Conor Walsh, and a team of engineers at the Harvard John ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 5, 2015
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A research Group led by CSIC Prof Daniel Ruiz at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) has published a universal encapsulation method to integrate compounds into solid materials keeping while their ...
Materials Science
Jun 5, 2015
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There is abundant evidence that poorer people in Africa are now using the internet. In South Africa, most new users come from low income households, many of them living below the poverty line.
Telecom
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Physicists around the world (myself included) are hoping that this week will mark the beginning of a new era of discovery. And not, as some fear, the end of particle physics as we know it.
General Physics
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NPL's Quantum Detection Group has recently published a study in Scientific Reports that casts a new light on the electronic properties of quasi-free standing graphene (QFSG), a material that may find applications in high ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 5, 2015
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Shoplifting is a serious problem. Although it is often perceived as an "ordinary crime" due to its supposed victimless nature, in fact it costs the UK's retail industry £335m a year. And part of this cost is passed on to ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2015
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Subatomic particles are far too tiny to see, so over the years physicists have devised ingenious ways to detect and visualise them, often forming beautiful patterns and pictures in the process. From early experiments with ...
General Physics
Jun 5, 2015
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The Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) has commissioned a "Fast-Fill" high-pressure hydrogen fueling station at the Marine Corps Base Hawai'i (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay. This state-of-the-art station was developed to support ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 5, 2015
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