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Artistic rendering of fast ion permeation inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Small ions such as potassium, chloride, and sodium permeate through the inner volume of nanometer-wide…
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GameStop’s stock is back to the races, and worries are growing about how much damage the frenzy over a handful of companies by Main Street…
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View More Extreme Events in Quantum Cascade Lasers Enable an Optical Neuron System 10,000× Faster Than Biological NeuronsHacking 3D Images With LED Room Lighting and a Smartphone
Researchers developed a way to use overhead LED lighting and a smartphone to create 3D images of a small figurine. Credit: Emma Le Francois, University…
View More Hacking 3D Images With LED Room Lighting and a SmartphoneGame-Changer in Future Solar Technology: New Perovskite Solar Modules With Greater Size, Power and Stability
The researchers created solar modules that were 5×5 cm2 and 10×10 cm2 – much larger than the 1.5 x 1.5 cm2 ones traditionally made in…
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