Engineering
For more than three decades, photovoltaic researchers have known that the addition of a single chemical—cadmium chloride—creates better-performing cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. But they have not understood exactly ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Robotics
Robots could be valuable assistants for most first responders, as they could help them to remotely monitor or intervene in areas that are inaccessible or life-threatening for humans. Firefighters, who are at high risk of ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
An international team led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a universal connector to assemble stretchable devices simply and quickly, in a "Lego-like" manner.
Feb 15, 2023
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Feb 14, 2023
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Engineering
A new type of solar technology has seemed promising in recent years. Halide perovskite solar cells are both high performing and low cost for producing electrical energy—two necessary ingredients for any successful solar ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The current world record of tandem solar cells consisting of a silicon bottom cell and a perovskite top cell has once again been broken at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5% of the incident solar radiation into ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Hardware
Enhancing the virtual experience with the touch sensation has become a hot topic, but today's haptic devices remain typically bulky and tangled with wires. A team led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Software
Cornell University researchers have created an interface that allows users to handwrite and sketch within computer code—a challenge to conventional coding, which typically relies on typing.
Nov 28, 2022
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Internet
Twitter is in chaos. Elon Musk, its new owner, has decimated its staff and this week gave those remaining an ultimatum—work grueling hours and be "extremely hardcore " or leave. Hundreds chose the latter and headed for ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Engineering
Wildfires may seem unpredictable, leaving random ruin in their wake.
Nov 1, 2022
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