Breaking ultrawide-bandgap semiconductor records is just like baking bread
Researchers have made unparalleled ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors through temperature and timing, just like baking bread.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
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Energy & Green Tech
Integrating solar panels in shady places
Due to stricter regulations of sustainability, we might see solar panels more often not only on sunny rooftops, but more and more on shaded roofs and facades as well, which brings new challenges in their integration. In ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Shining, colored LED lighting on microalgae for next-generation biofuel
As ethanol, biodiesel, and other biofuels continue to present challenges, such as competing with food security or lacking the technology for more efficient and low-cost production, microalgae are gaining momentum as a biofuel ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Telecom
Novel disaster communication system empowers communities and can save lives
Even a low phone battery can mean the difference between life and death during disasters. With the help of TU Delft researcher Indushree Banerjee, the opportunity to communicate and be rescued is no longer dependent on owning ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Homing in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their greatest drawback is their tendency to degrade relatively rapidly. Over recent years, ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world's fossil fuel car ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Engineering
Keeping an eye on infrastructure systems: 4 tactics
Even minor disruptions in infrastructure systems can have fatal consequences. Researchers and practitioners counter that risk by taking action on multiple levels. Four examples.
Mar 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Key life decisions shown to affect car ownership and renewable technologies in the home
For decades, car ownership has been essential for personal transportation. The use of cars though leads to problems in cities such as traffic congestion, inefficient energy consumption, and pollution. In recent years, electric ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Automotive
New early warning system for self-driving cars
A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new early warning system for vehicles that uses artificial intelligence to learn from thousands of real traffic situations. A study of the ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Software
How game worlds are preparing humanitarian workers for high-stakes scenarios
The pandemic has bred a new dependence on online technologies for work and social engagement. Immersive technology such as that used in 3D video games, virtual reality and augmented reality can be designed now so that the ...
Mar 30, 2021
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