New solar panel design could lead to wider use of renewable energy
Designing solar panels in checkerboard lines increases their ability to absorb light by 125 per cent, a new study says.
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Designing solar panels in checkerboard lines increases their ability to absorb light by 125 per cent, a new study says.
Oct 8, 2020
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Research led by Monash University, RMIT and the University of Adelaide has developed an accurate method of controlling optical circuits on fingernail-sized photonic integrated circuits.
Dec 13, 2022
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A multi-institution research team has developed an optical chip that can train machine learning hardware. Their research is published today in Optica.
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Over the past few years, many researchers have tried to develop techniques and technologies that can solve combinatorial optimization problems, which entail identifying an optimal item or solution within a set number of possibilities. ...
Researchers have developed a new light-based computing scheme that uses a photonic integrated circuit to reduce the energy necessary for cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. Mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—a ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Researchers at Oxford University's Department of Materials, working in collaboration with colleagues from Exeter and Munster, have developed an on-chip optical processor capable of detecting similarities in datasets up to ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Our roads might one day be safer thanks to a completely new type of system that overcomes some of lidar's limitations. Lidar, which uses pulsed lasers to map objects and scenes, helps autonomous robots, vehicles and drones ...
Feb 9, 2023
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A team led by academician Guo Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made progress in the practical security of quantum key distribution (QKD).
Jun 15, 2023
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Inspired by the visual system of the mantis shrimp—among the most complex found in nature—researchers have created a new type of camera that could greatly improve the ability of cars to spot hazards in challenging imaging ...
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Image analysis is ubiquitous in contemporary technology: from medical diagnostics to autonomous vehicles to facial recognition. Computers that use deep-learning convolutional neural networks—layers of algorithms that process ...
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