Antennas and optical lattice clocks used. Upper left: 2.4 m antenna installed at INAF, Italy. Upper middle: 2.4 m antenna installed at NICT, Japan. Upper…
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A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop…
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Three-dimensional surface of sodium ion diffusion in a hydroborate crystal. This new material forms a disordered yet highly symmetrical structure, allowing a mobility of sodium…
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A schematic showing the layered structure of a tandem solar panel. Credit: Graphic courtesy Minjing Kim Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering…
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Space technology is serving at the heart of the 2020 French Open. The showers in the tennis players’ showers at Roland Garros Stadium near Paris…
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Artist’s rendering of a phase-sensitive terahertz interferometer. Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The…
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The anti-resonant hollow core fiber features a unique arrangement of seven hollow capillaries arranged around a hollow core inside the fiber. Credit: Arjun Iyer/Renninger lab/University…
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The app Genopo makes genomics more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions. Credit: Dr. Ira Deveson A new mobile app has made it possible to…
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Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.…
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Artistic image of a graphene bolometer controlled by electric field. Credit: Heikka Valja, CC BY 4.0 A new paper published in Nature shows potential for…
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