Electronics & Semiconductors
Transparent conductors are essential for many devices, such as touch screens and solar cells. Copper iodide (CuI) can conduct electricity while staying see-through but is not as good as some other materials. Researchers from ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
There's no doubt generative AI's ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs.
Sep 28, 2023
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Engineering
There's a barrier preventing the advent of truly elastic electronic systems, the kind needed for advanced human-machine interfaces, artificial skins, smart health care and more, but a Penn State-led research team may have ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As one of the most promising solutions to improve the utilization efficiency of fossil fuels and alleviate environmental pollution, thermoelectric (TE) power generation technology has the advantages of solid-state operation, ...
May 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The development of intercalation-type Li-free transition-metal-based cathodes and Li-metal anode paired all-solid-state batteries appears a viable alternative to overcome the energy density limitations faced by current rechargeable ...
May 15, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In the effort to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, one strategy involves harvesting the waste heat that is already being produced by our energy systems. Thermoelectric generators can convert waste heat to clean electricity, ...
May 1, 2023
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Computer Sciences
In 2018, The Economist published an in-depth piece on the programming language Python. "In the past 12 months," the article said, "Google users in America have searched for Python more often than for Kim Kardashian." Reality ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Computer models are an important tool for studying how the brain makes and stores memories and other types of complex information. But creating such models is a tricky business. Somehow, a symphony of signals—both biochemical ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Tin sulfide (SnS) solar cells have shown immense promise in the rush to develop more environmentally friendly thin-film solar cells. Yet for years SnS solar cells have struggled to achieve a high conversion efficiency. To ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Engineering
Soft, elastic semiconductors and circuits could advance wearable medical devices and other emerging technologies, but the high-performance electronics are difficult and expensive to manufacture. A Penn State-led research ...
Nov 30, 2022
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