Rosetta team spots glint of light that could be comet lander
The European Space Agency says it may have caught a glimpse of its missing comet lander.
Space Exploration
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Printed solar cells thinner than your hair could power your phone
Extremely thin printable solar panels could power your phone and are amongst a range of new ways nanotechnology is opening the door to a clean energy and waste-free future.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 27, 2017
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One-pot conversion of engineered poplar into biochemicals and biofuels using biocompatible deep eutectic solvents
Biomass refers to biological organisms, including plants, that synthesize organic matter utilizing solar energy and animals that use these plants as food. Biomass also includes resources that can be converted into chemical ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2023
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Agrivoltaics proves mutually beneficial across food, water, energy nexus
Building resilience in renewable energy and food production is a fundamental challenge in today's changing world, especially in regions susceptible to heat and drought. Agrivoltaics, the co-locating of agriculture and solar ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2019
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Nanostructures get better at harvesting sunlight for solar steam generation
One way to produce clean water is to heat dirty water until it turns into steam. As the steam rises, it leaves behind the heavier contaminants and can be collected and cooled, providing clean water. There are many ways to ...
A thermal management material that responds to heat or cold by folding or unfolding without need for a power source
A team of researchers at Nankai University has developed a thermal management multi-layer material that responds to heat or cold by folding or unfolding itself without the need for an external power source. In their paper ...
Effectively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have investigated the extent to which direct capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ambient air can help to effectively remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2021
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How quantum physicists are looking for life on exoplanets
The world that quantum physicists study with a trained eye is the very same world that we non-scientists navigate every day. The only difference is that it's been magnified to scales incomprehensibly small and large.
Quantum Physics
Sep 16, 2022
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What is carbon dioxide, anyway? How does it cause global warming?
Chemically, carbon dioxide is incredibly simple—it is just one carbon atom linked with two oxygen atoms. Together they create a colorless gas that makes up just a tiny fraction of the Earth's atmosphere, about 0.04%.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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The exciting future of light energy
In a world of growing energy needs, and a global imperative to halt carbon emissions, a tiny 'quasiparticle' called an exciton could provide the answer to our problems.
General Physics
Jun 19, 2017
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