Electronics & Semiconductors
EPFL researchers have come up with a new approach to electronics that involves engineering metastructures at the sub-wavelength scale. It could launch the next generation of ultra-fast devices for exchanging massive amounts ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The world's first solid-state photovoltaics were reported in 1883, and were composed of selenium, which eventually led to the development of the present-day photovoltaics, although the wide bandgap of selenium was limiting ...
Dec 28, 2022 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
European research is expanding clean-energy options, bolstering the EU's goal to become climate-neural by 2050.
Dec 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Batteries are undoubtedly part of our energy future. Should you put one in your home now to store solar output, manage your energy use and cut costs? It really depends on what you want to achieve.
Dec 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Renewable energy is seen as an answer to climate change, yet its uptake is limited by the variability and intermittent nature of most renewable energy sources. A promising solution to this problem is microgrids.
Dec 6, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name—the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electricity through photosensitizers—dye ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Moving rows of solar panels farther apart can increase efficiency and improve economics in certain instances by allowing greater airflow to whisk away some heat, according to a new analysis.
Oct 25, 2022
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Engineering
The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is now the cheapest form of newly built energy generation.
Oct 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As the UN steps up calls to make the switch to renewable energy to fight the global climate emergency, Portugal is among the first European Union countries to abandon coal.
Oct 17, 2022
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Hardware
6G mobile communications is expected to pave the way for innovative applications such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality and internet of things by 2030. This will require a much higher performance capability than ...
Sep 21, 2022
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