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News NTU Singapore and Dutch scientists show how perovskite solar cells can capture more electricity
“Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed a method to analyse which pairs of materials in next-generation perovskite solar cells will harvest the most energy …
“After first reporting the existence of quantum knots, Aalto University & Amherst College researchers now report how the knots behave A quantum gas can be tied into knots using magnetic fields. Our researchers were the first to produce these knots as …
“The stainless-steel Starship Mk1 experienced an anomaly during a cryogenic pressure test Wednesday (Nov. 20) at SpaceX’s facilities near the South Texas village of Boca Chica. The Mk1’s test campaign began just yesterday (Nov. 19), when the vehicle …
“Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with Chinese, Singaporean and Japanese researchers, have now developed an alternative with a 20x higher activity: a …
“A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, and manufactured a full-size superconducting generator for a 3.6 megawatt wind turbine, and field-tested it in Thyborøn, Denmark …
“Volumetric Performance Capture of Humans with Realistic Relighting We present “The Relightables”, a volumetric capture system for photorealistic and high quality relightable full-body performance capture. While significant progress has been made on volumetric capture systems, focusing on 3D geometric reconstruction …
“It can be deformed as required and is three times stronger than natural wood: the wood material developed by Marion Frey, Tobias Keplinger and Ingo Burgert at Empa and ETH Zurich has the potential to become a high-tech material. In …
“China on Thursday successfully completed a crucial landing test in northern Hebei province ahead of a historic unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. China is on track to launch its Mars mission, Zhang Kejian, head of the China National …
News Panasonic Develops Battery Management Technology to Measure Electrochemical Impedance of multi-cell stacked Lithium-Ion Batteries
“This technology contributes to the realization of a sustainable society by helping facilitate reuse and recycling of lithium-ion batteries. Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) announced today that it has developed a new battery management technology that measures a battery’s electrochemical impedance …
“Device may enable “T-ray vision” and better wireless communication. Within the electromagnetic middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “T-ray vision.” Terahertz waves have frequencies higher than microwaves and lower than infrared and …