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“Scientists at EPFL have increased the power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (“Grätzel cells”) beyond 15% in direct sunlight and 30% in ambient light conditions. Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented in 1990s by Brian O’Regan and …
News How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Proton? You Smash It to Smithereens – Then Build It Back Together With Machine Learning
“New tool decodes proton snapshots captured by history-making particle detector in record time Protons are tiny yet they carry a lot of heft. They inhabit the center of every atom in the universe and play a critical role in one …
“The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has successfully approached a proton collision point for the first time since its three-year refurbishment. The successful implementation of the new Vertex Locator (VELO), which was partly built in Manchester offers a greater collision rate …
“Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs. Using a simple set of magnets, MIT researchers have come up with a sophisticated way to monitor muscle movements, which they hope will make it easier …
News New approach to ‘cosmic magnet’ manufacturing could reduce reliance on rare earths in low-carbon technologies
“Researchers have discovered a potential new method for making the high-performance magnets used in wind turbines and electric cars without the need for rare earth elements, which are almost exclusively sourced in China. A team from the University of Cambridge …
“Using only a single light source, scientists have set a world record by transmitting 1.8 petabits per second. Their data transmission method uses significantly less power and can help reduce the Internet’s climate footprint. An international group of …
“Study shows that merging topological insulators with a monolayer superconductor could support theorized topological superconductivity. A new way to combine two materials with special electrical properties — a monolayer superconductor and a topological insulator — provides the best platform to date to …
News NUS researchers devise revolutionary technique to generate hydrogen more efficiently from water
“A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made a serendipitous scientific discovery that could potentially revolutionise the way water is broken down to release hydrogen gas - an element crucial to many industrial processes. The team …
“NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced its collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and other partners on ion trap-based quantum computers as part of the DLR’s Quantum Computing Initiative. The initiative aims to build quantum computers to help …
“With an embedded gate driver and a microcontroller engine, ecoSpin™ BLDC motor control solutions provide reliable, scalable operation up to 600V onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today introduced its new ecoSpin™ family of brushless …