Month: December 2020

Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide useCredit: Pexels A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term ...

Hubble captures fading of the stingray nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de ...

Researchers discover how bean plants fend off famished foes

Credit: Adam Steinbrenner/University of Washington For a caterpillar, a green leaf can make a nice meal. But to the plant ...

Electrical spin filtering the key to ultra-fast, energy-efficient spintronics

Electrical spin filtering avoids energy-costs of magnetic fieldCredit: FLEET Spin-filtering could be the key to faster, more energy-efficient switching in ...

Energy efficiency: Innovations that drive prosperity and slash emissions

New edited volume shows the intimate link between energy efficiency and the technologies that will drive tomorrow's economic growthCredit: World ...

Research identifies nanoscale effect of water and mineral content on bone

Research into the effect of water and mineral content on collagen fibrils will aid in the development of synthetic materials ...

Molecules convert visible light into ultraviolet light with record efficiency

Newly developed molecular system makes possible the efficient conversion of even weak visible light from sunlight and indoor LEDs into ...

Green energy transition: Early and steady wins the race

Researchers from Aarhus University have modelled the decarbonisation of the sector-coupled European energy system using very high-resolution data. The results ...

Thermal stability analysis technique for EV batteries to detect risk of fire or explosion

Laying the groundwork for designing safe materials for third-generation EVs. Identification of thermal degradation mechanism of cathode materials and creation ...

Tech makes it possible to digitally communicate through human touch

Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make ...

Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence

Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubesCredit: Illustration by Ching-Wei Lin/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 3, 2020) - ...

Titanium atom that exists in two places at once in crystal to blame for unusual phenomenon

Researchers discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should beCredit: Caltech/USC/ORNL The crystalline ...

How to cool more efficiently

Scientists break new ground in future refrigerationCredit: Wikimedia commons, Licence: CC0 1.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MSC_Branka_(ship,_2016)#/media/File:MSC_Branka_in_Bremerhaven_1.jpg In the journal Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: ...

Photonics meets surface science in a cheap and accurate sensor for biological liquids

Credit: Timur Ermatov et al/Light: Science & Applications Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up ...

Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control

Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For homeowners, sod producers and turf industry professionals, keeping pests from feeding ...

Covert communications go quantum

University of Arizona researcher builds on WWII methods to reach the pinnacle of secret communications.Credit: University of Arizona Boulat Bash, ...

Research leads to better modeling of hypersonic flow

Credit: Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at ...

Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water

Water disinfectant reacts with chromium in iron pipes to form hexavalent chromiumCredit: Water Chemistry and Technology Lab/UCR Rusted iron pipes ...

Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived

Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/Martín Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make ...

3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others