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New technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells

“Approach could bypass the time-consuming steps currently needed to test new photovoltaic materials. The worldwide quest by researchers to find better, more efficient materials for tomorrow’s solar panels is usually slow and painstaking. Researchers typically must produce lab samples …

Quantum effects explain changes in nanometric circuit electron flows

“Transistors capable of functioning with an electrical current consisting of the passage of a single electron at each point in time are on the horizon for research in the field of information technology. By associating the 0/1 binary with …

Rolls Royce is working with this student team to create a functional 3D printed jet engine model

“There’s a shortage of engineering students and in STEM subjects generally. Whether its developing rockets to Mars, the new future of public transport or a bridge, society needs engineers to make it happen. This team of students are looking …

Samsung Now Mass Producing Industry’s First 2nd-generation, 10-Nanometer Class DRAM

“Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 2nd-generation of 10-nanometer class* (1y-nm), 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 DRAM. For use in a wide range of next-generation computing systems …

This humanoid robot works out (and sweats) like we do (or should)

“There are plenty of humanoid-looking robots out there, but very few actually have bodies that are particularly analogous to our own when it comes to moving and interacting with the environment. Japanese researchers are working to remedy that with a …

World Record: Quantum Computer with 46 Qubits simulated

“Scientists from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre have set a new world record. Together with researchers from Wuhan University and the University of Groningen, they successfully simulated a quantum computer with 46 quantum bits – or qubits – for the first time. For …

A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature using small pressure

“A small team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has created a polymer that can be repaired when broken into two parts by applying a small amount of pressure at room temperature. In their paper published in the journal …

Reducing the traffic jam in batteries

“Research at Sandia National Laboratories has identified a major obstacle to advancing solid-state lithium-ion battery performance in small electronics: the flow of lithium ions across battery interfaces. Sandia’s three-year Laboratory Directed Research and Development project investigated the nanoscale chemistry …

Scientists Discover Path to Improving Game-Changing Battery Electrode

“Electric car makers are intensely interested in lithium-rich battery cathodes that could significantly increase driving range. A new study opens a path to making them live up to their promise. If you add more lithium to the positive electrode of …

Scientists Engineer Nanoscale Pillars to Act Like Memory Foam

“New organic-inorganic hybrid materials exhibit an unprecedented combination of strength and elasticity, paving the way to new nanoelectromechanical devices A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have …