Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It's fitting that they can now be made partially from trees.
Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- The coolest new nanomaterial of the 21st century could boost the efficiency of the next generation of solar panels, a team of Michigan Technological University materials scientists has discovered.
Nanomaterials
Apr 24, 2012
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The performance of mobile phone cameras and solar cells could be boosted by "nano-earthquakes", researchers have found.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 12, 2015
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Genetic material from ancient viral infections is critical to human development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Biotechnology
Nov 23, 2015
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Laser cutting techniques are usually powered by high energy beams, so hot that they melt most materials. Now scientists from McGill University have developed a gentler, more precise technique using low-power visible light.
Materials Science
Jul 1, 2022
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The superbugs have met their match. Conceived at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it comes in the form of a coating which has a magnetic-like feature that attracts bacteria and kills them without the need for antibiotics.
Biochemistry
May 10, 2012
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Metamaterials are a type of artificial material which, as the prefix "meta"—meaning in Greek "after" or "beyond"—indicates, demonstrate electromagnetic properties and other characteristics not found in nature.
Condensed Matter
Jul 17, 2023
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People love their cell phones, tablets, and flat screen TVs, but far too many of those devices finally end up forgotten in a desk drawer or landfill. An economic assessment study published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 17, 2015
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A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood cells so they can be used to distribute drugs throughout the body, which could specifically target infections or treat catastrophic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the market for liquid crystal displays and other electronics continues to drive up the price of indium — the material used to make the indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent electrodes in these devices ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 22, 2011
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