Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn’t need a wireless or main power source. Or a pacemaker with inbuilt organic energy sources within the human…
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Boosting Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells by Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat
Substituting deuterium for hydrogen makes methylammonium heavier and slows its swaying so it can interact with vibrations that remove heat, keeping charge carriers hot longer.…
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Microscope Lens Inspired by Lighthouses Makes It Easier to Observe Molecular-Level Details of Biological Processes
The thin and cost-effective lens is 3D printed and has the capacity to put live cells under the microscope, which would significantly improve diagnostics. Credit:…
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Plant-Based Nanowire Spray Could Be Used to Improve N95 Mask Filters, Energy Harvesters
Photo (left) of a nanowire forest being sprayed on a miniature tree, with color (purple) arising from embedded gold nanoparticles. Electron microscope image (right) of…
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Engineers Print Wearable, High-Performance Biometric Sensors Directly on Skin
With a novel layer to help the metallic components of the sensor bond, an international team of researchers printed sensors directly on human skin. Credit:…
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Novel Quantum Circuit Calculates Fourier Transform Faster and More Efficiently
A novel quantum circuit that calculates the Fourier transform in a much quicker, versatile, and more efficient way. Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that…
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Fast Enough to See Light Travel: Ultrafast Camera Films 3-D Movies at 100 Billion Frames per Second
A three-dimensional video showing a pulse of laser light passing through a laser-scattering medium and bouncing off reflective surfaces. Credit: Caltech In his quest to…
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Using Surface Waves to Help Cool Nanostructured Microelectronic Devices
A research team led by the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo finds that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons can conduct heat…
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Turning Diamond Into Metal – For Improved Solar Cells, LEDs, and Power Electronics
Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
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High-Energy Signals From Extragalactic Stars Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across Earth for the First Time
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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